6/21/20 No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
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6/14/20 Giving Credit Where Credit is Due
Watch this sermon on YouTube Giving Credit Where Credit is Due by Rev. L. John GableJune 14, 2020 Leaving worship one Sunday morning a woman shook the minister’s hand and said, “Oh pastor, thank you! That sermon was absolutely wonderful!” The preacher humbly...
6/7/20 Life Together–Apart
View this sermon on YouTube. Life Together--Apart by Rev. L. John GableJune 7, 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...
5/31/20 Something Happened
Watch the sermon on YouTube. Something Happened by Rev. L. John GableMay 31, 2020 Ask twelve different eyewitnesses to an accident “What happened? Which car entered the intersection first? Who had the right of way? Was the light green or red?” and it is certain you...
5/24/20 Next First Things
Watch this sermon on YouTube. Next First Things by Rev. L. John GableMay 24, 2020 As we enter into our study of the book of Acts we are reminded that this is the sequel to Luke’s Gospel, the continuation of the story of the birth and growth of the Church,...
5/17/20 Eager Expectations
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5/10/20 Lived Out Love
Watch this sermon on YouTube. A Church for the World by Rev. L. John GableJanuary 12, 2020 During the past several weeks, since Easter, we have been looking together at the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus. Recall we have heard of His appearing to...
5/3/20 Slow to See
Slow to See by Rev. L. John GableMay 4, 2020 Watch this sermon on Youtube. Have you ever had the experience of seeing someone you think you should know, but then not quite being able to come up with their name or even from where you know them? I know all...
4/26/20 That Very Night
Watch this sermon on YouTube. That Very Night by Rev. L. John GableApril 26, 2020 What a day this has been! I don’t even know what time it is. I know it’s late, but I’m too tired to think and too excited to sleep. I’m really glad you stopped...
4/19/20 Can I Get a Witness?
Watch this sermon on YouTube A Church for the World by Rev. L. John GableJanuary 12, 2020 I think you will agree with me in saying Easter 2020 is an Easter we will long remember! Who would ever have imagined that we, as well as Christians around the globe,...
4/12/20 Neither New Or Improved
Neither New or Improved by Rev. L. John GableApril 12, 2020 (Easter Sunday) I want to let you in on a little secret. Every year, pastors and preachers enter into this season trying to think of something “new” to say or do that we’ve never said or done...
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...