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Turner Christian Church
This podcast hosts the weekly sermons from Turner Christian Church in Turner, Oregon.
Episodes
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Work as Christian Duty
Introduction On mother’s day we often read Proverbs 31 —a woman of noble character, who can find? It lists all the things she does and all the reasons people…
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Loving Our Enemies
Introduction Today we are going to talk about loving our enemies. Our example is Jonah. He gets a bad rap. The reason he looks foolish to us is because we have…
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Family: Distinct and Committed
The Challenge The Bible has very clear standards for the family. Those standards don’t always seem compassionate or safe. How should Christians view the…
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Children: Measure and Model
Children are our MEASURE and MODEL for aligning with Jesus. Mark 9 How do we know this is one conversation? They are still talking about the conflict between…
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Authority: Belonging to God
Introduction We all know what the Bible says about authority—we should be subject to them. Why? Because God has ordained them to provide for the common good in…
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Welcoming Others in Christ
Introduction: How should we treat others? Our culture wants to ground our treatment of others in how we were created: Declaration of Independence Every one is…
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Baptism and the Lord's Supper
Introduction Okay, maybe the Church is essential, but certainly not baptism or communion. Too superstitious. Don’t like needing others. Why would Baptism and…
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The Christian Church
Intro We are generally skeptical of the church. Christianity is a relationship, not a religion. I like Jesus, but not Christians. I’m opposed to organized…
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Prayer and Humility
This Sunday school lesson talks about the power of bold and humble prayers. What I keyed in on was how Abraham used that power. Genesis 18:16-25 God has a role…
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Repentance and Faith
Introduction: Explain series—title and passages Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of…
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Christ the Savior
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son…
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Our Heavenly Father
Introduction Adoption papers as Christmas gifts. Why so exciting? Just a piece of paper? Theirs is the huiothesia ; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the…
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God's Word
Theme Question: Why is God’s Word a good gift? We love the Bible because of its’ power. “This is my Bible. I am what it says I am, I have what it says I have…
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A Prodigal Family
What happens after the feast? We don’t know, because it depends on the choices of the brothers. We can speculate about what will happen to each son, but what…
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A Renewed Mind
Big idea: anxious minds miss the good. Prodigal minds can see the good.??? What does a renewed mind look like? Introduction Big idea: anxious minds miss the…
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Transformed
Introduction Now we come to the other brother. This may seem like a needless epilogue, but it is actually the most important part of the story. The older…
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Wedding Clothes
Introduction In this series we’ve been lookin at the story of a prodigal father who is always generous, never judges. It sure seems like there is no condition…
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Reconciled
Introduction Now we come to the most important part of the story: the reconciliation. The son responds to his suffering, which sets in motion a series of…
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Dis-Illusioned
Suffering is the gap between what WE WANT and what WE GET . ( Luke 15:29 ) Why must we Suffer? In the story we have been telling, suffering plays an important…
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Fig Leaves
Introduction In this series we are reading the story of the prodigal son as The Wrong Story: God is generous as long as I meet his expectations. He expects me…
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Mine
Why do we reject God’s generosity? We would rather own MINE than share GOD’S . ( Luke 15:1-3 ) Have my own stuff. Go my own way. Do my own thing. Be my own…
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The Prodigal Father (2)
Overview Text(s) : Big Idea : Our God is a GENEROUS father who gives us a GOOD world. Purpose : Congregants will come away with a greater appreciation for the…
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Back to School
Remember: Back to school reminds us of uncertainty. How do we get through the unknown? Moses remember one thing, and do one thing. He said: Hear, O Israel: The…
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By the Waters of Babylon
Introduction sdvsdvds By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion. There on the poplars we hung our harps, for there our captors asked us…
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The Goodness of God
These days you have your choice of where to get your news: cable news channels, websites, social media, friends, newspapers? You can get any perspective you…
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Good Shepherd, Bad wolf
Exegetical Idea: God Homiletical Idea: God looks out for us, so we can follow him in the valley. Purpose: Listeners will come away with a desire to look for…
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The fly in the plane
How can we keep our trust in God’s path? Psalm 1 says that the righteous will be happy and the wicked will end in destruction. But what do we do when being…
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The Way of the Psalms
Introduction The way of discipleship is hard. Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny…
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The End of the World
Introduction READ MARK 13 What is Jesus talking about? We assume he’s talking about the end of the world. He talks about “the end” coming (7, 13) The Gospel…
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The Great Debate
Introduction READ Mark 11:27-33 Read Mark 12:1-12 The Temple leaders defended themselves based on their authority. Jesus said that their authority doesn’t…
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A Beautiful Thing
Introduction The Question of the Temple ( Mark 11:12-19 ) This is weird. Jesus seems to act very out of character: Fig tree Temple For the disciples, the…
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The Story of the Servant
The Triumphal Entry Read Mark 11:1-11 This story, especially as Mark tells it, is anticlimactic: Jesus decides to make his move during Passover—the new exodus!…
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The Flow
sddasc Read Mark 10:17-31 Jesus challenges this man with a particular version of “deny yourself, pick up your cross, and follow me.” Then he called the crowd…
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Help My Unbelief
Recap Read Mark 9:14-29 Central question of the story: why can’t the disciples cast out the demon? Jesus went up on a mountainside and called to him those he…
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The Way
Now we come to the midterms. Anxiety of the pharisees. Lesson of the Loeaves—I am completely dependent on a generous God. Jesus tells them to watch out for the…
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Hands, Hearts, and Hygiene
Read Mark 7:1-23 We often get this passage backwards—we think that the Pharisees were focused on the outside—ritual and behavior—while Jesus is focused on the…