9/12/21 Christ Our Advocate
Christ Our Advocate by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 12, 2021 Hebrews 4:14-16 I John 2:1-6 Several weeks ago Kristin and I were watching a documentary on a retirement village community in which one of the characters – and I use that word character intentionally even...
9/5/21 The Architecture of Worship
The Architecture of Worship by Rev. L. John GableSeptember 5, 2021 At various junctures in the narrative of the Old Testament the leader of the people, whether it be Moses or Joshua or another, instructed the people to build a mound of rocks as a perpetual marker that...
8/29/21 Conversion Disorder
Conversion DisorderAugust 29, 2021 Dr. Daniel RexrothTabernacle Presbyterian ChurchIndianapolis, IN
8/22/21 Summer In The Psalms: Make A Joyful Noise
Summer In The Psalms: Make a Joyful Noise by Rev. L. John GableAugust 22, 2021 Summer in the Psalms: Joyful Noise August 22, 2021 Psalm 100 John 15:1-11 Leaving church one Sunday morning a woman asked...
8/15/21 Summer in the Psalms: A Prayer for Deliverance
Summer in the Psalms: A Prayer for Deliverance by Rev. L. John GableAugust 15, 2021 As we make our way through our year-long study of 50 Great Passages some of you may remember that I came up with this idea during a particularly slow point in a Presbytery meeting over...
8/8/21 Summer in the Psalms: Create In Me A Clean Heart
Summer In The Psalms: Create In Me A Clean Heart by Rev. L. John GableAugust 8, 2021 I remember so clearly when I wrote those words and why I wrote them. If only you knew what I had done and was going through, but no one knew, or so I thought. Everywhere I go, people...
Summer in the Psalms: Refuge & Strength
Summer in the Psalms: Refuge & Strength by Rev. L. John GableAugust 1, 2021 We are a people prone to action, aren’t we, hard wired to do something? When we see a need we try to meet it. When we see a problem we try to solve it. When we see a gap we try to fill...
7/25/21 Summer in the Psalms: Enter In
Summer in the Pslams: Enter In by Rev. L. John GableJuly 25, 2021 As we continue our study of 50 Great Passages we come to a season of summer in the Psalms. The Psalms we will recall are a collection of hymns or songs used by worshippers in Jerusalem after the...
7/18/21 Child, Brother, Pastor, Friend
Child, Brother, Pastor, Friend by Rev. L. John GableJuly 18, 2021 All of life is built on relationships, and particularly so the life of faith which is grounded in our relationship with God through faith in Jesus Christ and then lived out in relationship with one...
7/11/21 Whom Have You Believed?
7/4/21 Most Free
Most Free by Rev. L. John GableJuly 4, 2021 When God delivered the Children of Israel from the bondage of slavery in Egypt He did the most unusual, most unexpected, most counter-intuitive thing- He gave them a set of laws- 10 of them to be exact- that He expected them...
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6/20/21 The Father’s Love
The Father's Love by Rev. L. John GableJune 20, 2021 We commonly refer to this story as being The Parable of the Prodigal Son (prodigal meaning reckless, spendthrift, spend until there’s nothing left), but is it really? Is this boy really the focal point...
6/13/21 It Takes a Village
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6/6/21 What about Love?
Watch this sermon on YouTube. What about Love? by Rev. L. John GableJune 6, 2021 As we make our way through our year-long study of 50 Great Passages we come this morning to First Corinthians 13, the so called “Love chapter”, another of the perhaps most...
5/30/21 Nothing Can Separate Us
Watch this sermon on YouTube. Nothing Can Separate Us by Rev. L. John GableMay 30, 2021 After listening to these two passages I am almost tempted to say “Amen, that is our sermon for today” and then sit down. Notice I said, “Almost”. It is difficult,...
5/23/21 Life in the Spirit
Watch this sermon on YouTube. Life in the Spirit by Rev. L. John GableMay 23, 2021 Given the option which would you choose: to have lived long ago, during the time of Christ, when you could have walked with Him and talked with Him and seen Him face to...
5/16/21 The Great Divide
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5/9/21 Connected
Watch this sermon on YouTube. Connected by Rev. L. John GableMay 9, 2021 The past several weeks we have looked at examples of the way Jesus, the Master Storyteller and Illustration Giver, used metaphor to describe who He is and what He came to do. A...
5/2/21 Food for the Body, Food for the Soul
Watch this sermon on YouTube. Food for the Body, Food for the Soul by Rev. L. John GableMay 2, 2021 Is that someone’s stomach I hear growling? Perhaps it is yours, or it could be mine. Or maybe it isn’t a stomach I hear growling at all, maybe it’s a soul; maybe...
4/25/21 The Person and the Path
Watch this sermon on YouTube. The Person and the Path by Rev. L. John GableApril 25, 2021 I will remind you that this year we are looking at what we have identified as being 50 Great Passages, 50 Passages of Scripture with which we believe we should have...
4/18/21 I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life
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4/11/21 Can I Get a Witness?
Watch this sermon on YouTube. Can I Get a Witness? by Rev. L. John GableApril 11, 2021 Each year, for the past number of years, since 2012 to be exact, we have called this, the first Sunday after Easter, our “Can I Get a Witness?” Sunday in which we ask...
4/4/21 97% Probability (Easter Sunday)
Watch this sermon on YouTube. 97% Probability by Rev. L. John GableApril 4, 2021 (Easter Sunday) I don’t know what kind of topics get discussed around your dinner tables, but given that my wife, Kristin, was a math teacher, with more than average...
3/28/21 He Did That for Us
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3/21/21 Lazarus, Come Out!
Watch this sermon on YouTube. Lazarus, Come Out! by Rev. L. John GableMarch 21, 2021 Have you ever made an assumption about something only to realize later that you were mistaken and had come to a very wrong conclusion? Or made a snap judgement about...
3/14/21 New Life in Christ
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3/7/21 An Invitation to the Abundant Life
Watch this sermon on YouTube. An Invitation to the Abundant Life by Rev. L. John GableMarch 7, 2021 I thought I would brighten your day a little by starting off with a reflection written by the British philosopher Bertrand Russell on the meaning and...
2/28/21 Born from Above
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2/21/21 He Is, They Were, We Are
Watch this sermon on YouTube. He Is, They Were, We Are by Rev. L. John GableFebruary 21, 2021 The final step in the long process toward ordination in the Presbyterian Church for pastors is an examination on the floor of the Presbytery during which the...