9/24/23 Livng Radical Love: With Mercy
Living Radical Love: with Mercyby Rev. Terri ThornJune 20, 2021 Sermon Text coming soon. Rev. Terri ThornTabernacle Presbyterian ChurchIndianapolis, IN
9/17/23 Living Radical Love: Through Forgiveness
9/10/23 Living Radical Love: In Reconciliation
Living Radical Love: In Reconciliation by Rev. Terri ThornSeptember 10, 2023 Matthew 18:15-20; Romans 13:8-10 According to numerous surveys and polls, the undeniable trend for Christianity in North America, at least in an organized, “attend worship and do life...
9/3/23 What Next? Live to Love
What Next? Live to Love by Rev. Terri ThornSeptember 3, 2023 Sermon text coming soon. Rev. Terri ThornTabernacle Presbyterian ChurchIndianapolis, IN
8/27/23 What Next? More Questions Than Answers
8/20/23 What Next? Bold to Ask and Willing to Learn
What Next? Bold to Ask and Willing to Learn by Rev. Terri ThornAugust 20, 2023 Download PDF version here. Matthew 15:(10-20)21-28; Isaiah 56:1, 6-8 If this story from Matthew’s gospel makes you a little uncomfortable to hear, you’re not alone. It does eventually get...
8/13/23 What’s Next? Faith to Proceed
What's Next? Faith to Proceed by Rev. Terri ThornAugust 13, 2023 Download PDF version here. Matthew 14:22-33; 1 Kings 19:9-18 Well, here we are – the first Sunday of our new reality. I can’t speak for any of you, but it feels a bit odd to me - in a way that I struggle...
8/6/23 Remember and Give Thanks.
Remember and Give Thanks by Rev. L. John GableAugust 6, 2023 It is said that standing on the top of Mt. Nebo, in modern day Jordan, facing due west on a clear day you can see the entire expanse of the Promised Land. Looking south, the Dead Sea and the...
7/30/23 Why Tab? One
Why Tab? One by Rev. L. John GableJuly 30, 2023 We come to the last of this series of sermons on “Why Tab?”, the question I asked of myself 15 years ago, the very question each of us must ask and answer for ourselves still today, and I would venture to say...
7/23/23 Why Tab? Partners in the Gospel
Why Tab? Partners in the Gosple by Rev. L. John GableJuly 23, 2023 The past several weeks we have been exploring answers to the question I asked 15 years ago – the same question each of us must ask and answer for ourselves still today – Why Tab?...
7/16/23 Why Tab? Deep Keel
Why Tab? Deep Keel by Rev. L. John GableJuly 16, 2023 Periodically I am asked where I come up with the illustrations I use in my sermons. Most of them come from the files I have kept for the past forty years, but every so often one just kind of lands in...
7/9/23 Why Tab?
Why Tab? by Rev. L. John GableJUly 9, 2023 If you have been with us the past couple of weeks you have been good to allow me to reflect a bit on the various influences on my life and faith, as well as my experiences in ministry. When we left off I was...
7/2/23 What the Church Has Taught Me: Leadership
What the Church Has Taught Me: Leadership by Rev. L. John GableJuly 2, 2023 During the past several weeks you have been good to allow me to reflect upon my life of faith and ministry; perhaps indulge me would be a better word. I am grateful for the...
6/25/23 What the Church Has Taught Me: Calling
What the Church Has Taught Me: Calling by Rev. L. John GableJune 25, 2023 The letters which the Apostle Paul wrote to Timothy (two of them) and Titus are called “The Pastoral letters” in the New Testament. The elder apostle Paul was writing to instruct and inform the...
6/18/23 What the Church Has Taught Me: Foundations
What the Church Has Taught Me: Foundations by Rev. L. John GableJune 18, 2023 Perhaps it comes as no surprise but I have found myself reflecting on my life and ministry recently and so would like to share with you during the next couple of weeks some of...
6/11/23 Interruptions: Opportunities for Growth and Grace
6/4/23 To Whom Do You Belong?
To Whom Do You Belong? by Rev. L. John GableJune 4, 2023 I recently read an article in the December, 2022 edition of Christianity Today about a conversation between Bono, the front man for the band U2, one of the most popular bands on the planet, and Franklin Graham,...
5/28/23 Vision Renewal: The Way Forward
Vision Renewal: The Way Forward by Rev. L. John GableMay 28, 2023 As much as I have enjoyed revisiting and discussing our Vision Renewal statement with you the past couple of weeks, we turn our attention now to talking about the way forward. ...
5/21/23 Vision Renewal: Stronger Community
Vision Renewal: Stronger Community by Rev. L. John GableMay 21, 2023 Introduction: In recent weeks we have been looking again at our Vision Renewal Statement written in 2016 which was created in response to the question “Do we still agree with the Metropolitan...
5/14/23 Vision Renewal: Deeper Relationships
Vision Renewal: Deper Relationships by Rev. L. John GableMay 14, 2023 Introduction: In recent weeks we have been revisiting our Vision Renewal statement adopted in 2016 on the 50th anniversary of the Metropolitan Community Program Report written in 1966 which...
5/7/23 Vision Renewal: Greater Faith
Vision Renewal: Greater Faith by Rev. L. John GableMay 7, 2023 Introduction: If you have been with us in worship the past couple of weeks you know that we are revisiting the Vision Renewal statement we crafted in 2016 upon the 50th anniversary of the Metropolitan...
4/30/23 Vision Renewal: Reconciliation
4/23/23 Vision Renewal: Jubilee
Vision Renewal: Jubilee by Rev. L. John GableApril 23, 2023 In early 2015 I was telling a small gathering of Tab members the story of how in 1966 the Metropolitan Community Program committee was tasked by the Session with making a recommendation as to whether we...
4/16/23 Can I Get a Witness?
Can I Get a Witness? by Rev. L. John GableApril 16, 2023 It was just a week ago that we gathered to celebrate the Great Good News of the Easter day, “Christ is risen! He is risen, indeed.” This past week one of you told me a cute, and true, story that when she said...
4/9/23 Already and Not Yet (Easter Sunday)
Already and Not Yet by Rev. L. John GableApril 9, 2023 (Easter Sunday) We gather in worship this morning to celebrate the greatest Good News this old world has ever been given: the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. This is the unique proclamation which...
4/7/23 Worthy (Good Friday)
Worthy by Rev. L. John GableApril 7, 2023 (Good Friday) My guess is each of us has a favorite verse of Scripture that we have committed to memory; that we can call to mind when we lie awake at 2:00am fretting over something that happened during the day or...
4/2/23 From Palms to Passion
From Palms to Passion by Rev. L. John GableApril 2, 2023 Palm Sunday How well do you think someone would know you if they were to follow you around for a week? Certainly they would know where you went and what you did, but what, if anything, would they know about...
3/26/23 A People with a Purpose: Fellowship
A People with a Purpose: Fellowship by Rev. L. John GableMarch 26, 2023 During this season of Lent we have looked together at the purpose of the Church and examined our reasons for being. We have determined that the Church’s primary purpose is to carry on...
3/19/23 A People with a Purpose: Maturity
A People with a Purpose: Maturity by Rev. L. John GableMarch 19, 2023 We had an agreement in our family when our kids were growing up that I would not use any family member in a sermon illustration without first asking their permission. We didn’t want our...
3/12/23 A People with a Purpose: Witness
A People with a Purpose: Witness by Rev. L. John GableMarch 12, 2023 I believe the Church must continue to ask itself the question I have asked of myself repeatedly throughout my life, as I imagine have many of you asked of yourselves, “Why am I? Why are...