4/9/20 Rev. Terri Thorn: Love Like Jesus
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4/5/20 Proof Positive
Watch this sermon on YouTube Proof Positive by Rev. L. John GableApril 5, 2020 (Palm Sunday) Karl Barth, perhaps a name familiar to many of us, pastor, professor, theologian, was arguably one of the most influential Christian thinkers of the 20th century. ...
3/29/20 Little Sins, Big Consequences: Self-Centeredness
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3/22/20 Little Sins, Big Consequences: White Lies
Little Sins, Big Consequences: White Lies by Rev. L. John GableMarch 22, 2020 Watch this sermon on YouTube I am not sure who coined the phrase, but I am fairly certain that whoever it was who first suggested that “little white lies” are nothing more than...
3/15/20 Little Sins, Big Consequences: Half-Heartedness
Little Sins, Big Consequences: Half-Heartedness by Rev. L. John GableMarch 15, 2020 Watch this sermon on YouTube Little Sins, Big Consequences: Half-Heartedness by Rev. L. John GableMarch 15, 2020 Watch this sermon on YouTube At some point in every task, in every...
3/8/20 Little Sins, Big Consequences: Gossip
Little Sins, Big Consequences by Rev. L. John GableMarch 8, 2020 The story is told of the three pastors who went camping one night. They made camp on a little island in the middle of a river and late that night, as they sat around the campfire visiting,...
3/1/20 The Anatomy of Temptation
The Anatomy of Temptation by Rev. L. John GableMarch 1, 2020 During this season of Lent we are going to be looking at the “little sins” in our lives that have “big consequences” and as a prelude to that I would like to talk with you this morning about what I am...
2/23/20 Crossing Over Into Campground
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2/16/20 Give Me Jesus
The spiritual we are looking at this morning, Give Me Jesus, speaks of both the comfort and security of a life in Christ and the cry of a disciple’s heart. While the spirituals are a particular genre of American music birthed out of the African American...
2/9/20 Wade in the Water
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2/2/20 Shall We Gather at the River
Shall We Gather at the River by Rev. L. John GableFebruary 2, 2020 Music has always been central to the life of faith. Every worshiping community in every time and place and culture has used music to celebrate, enrich and express its experience of God. ...
1/26/20 A Church IN the World
A Church IN the World by Rev. L. John GableJanuary 26, 2020 This morning we conclude a short series of sermons concerning the Church’s role and responsibility in relation to the world in which we live. To bring us up to speed, in week one, two weeks ago,...
1/19/20 A Church to the World
A Church TO the WorldJanuary 19, 2020 by Rev. L. John Gable We have been talking about the Church’s role and responsibility, as the recipients and successors of Jesus’ ministry, in relation to the world in which we live. Last week, in a message titled “A...
1/12/20 A Church for the World
A Church for the World by Rev. L. John GableJanuary 12, 2020 These past two weeks Oscar has helped us bridge the two decades and enter into the new year by looking at the opening volley of Jesus’ ministry in Luke 4 where we hear Him reading from the prophet Isaiah,...
1/5/20 Good News for All
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12/29/19 Good News for Some
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12/22/19 The WHEN of Christmas
The WHEN of Christmas by Rev. L. John GableDecember 22, 2019 There is an old saying, “Timing is everything.” Now, you won’t find it in the Bible, but it is a Biblical truth that lies right at the heart of the Christmas story as it answers the “when”...
12/15/19 The WHERE of Christmas
The WHERE of Christmas by Rev. L. John GableDecember 15, 2019 To quote a good friend and fellow Tab member, Alan McKenzie, retired English professor at Purdue, “Every story has a geography and the better you understand the geography the better you...
12/8/19 The WHO of Christmas
The WHO of Christmas by Rev. L. John Gable December 8, 2019 (John appears. Stretches and washes his face in the Jordan River. Looks up and sees the crowd. Talking, as if to himself or to God.) Already? They are here already this morning? The crowds are coming...
12/1/19 The WHAT of Christmas
Watch the video of this sermon here. The WHAT of Christmas by Rev. L. John GableDecember 1, 2019 Every good story has a “who, what, where, when and why” aspect to it and the Christmas story is no exception! During the weeks of Advent, this season of...
11/24/19 Christ the King
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11/17/19 A Glimpse of the Kingdom
Watch a video of the sermon on YouTube.A Glimpse of the Kingdom by Rev. L. John GableNovember 17, 2019 The first recorded words we hear Jesus speak as He begins His public ministry are these: “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God has come near;...
11/10/19 Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 5
Watch a video of the sermon on YouTube.Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 5 by Rev. L. John GableNovember 10, 2019 This morning we conclude our series on the Ten Commandments: “Rules for Kingdom Living”. We have seen that these laws, given long ago by God to...
11/3/19 Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 4
10/27/19 Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 3
Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 3October 27, 2019 A study was conducted in which a group of children were put in a large, open field to see what they would do and how they would play. Surprisingly, the children, for the most part, stayed near the center of...
10/20/19 Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 2
Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 2 by Rev. L. John GableOctober 20, 2019 This morning we continue our series on the 10 Commandments titled “Rules for Kingdom Living.” We are looking at a body of laws and instructions given nearly 3500 years ago by Yahweh,...
10/13/19 Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 1
Rules for Kingdom Living, Part 1 by Rev. L. John GableOctober 13, 2019 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before Me.” So begins the prologue to the Decalogue, the...
10/6/19 Growing in Grace
9/29/19 So, How Are We to Live?
So, How Are We to Live? by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 29 , 2019 We come to the end of a series of sermons I have loosely referred to as “About Being Presbyterian” because they have been based on the information we discuss with our new members in our...
9/22/19 Reformed…and Always Reforming
Reformed and Always Reforming by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 22, 2019 We are continuing this morning in what has become an expanding series of sermons I am loosely calling “About Being Presbyterian”. We have been discussing, not just who we are as a...