https://sermons.logos.com/profile/2642141https://files.logoscdn.com/v1/files/50993243/assets/11921279/content.png?download=true&signature=aUbavRXMkhy4MuSGYVtj4SGggw0&e=.pnghttps://sermons.logos.com/profile/2642141RSS for NodeThu, 21 May 2026 05:54:07 GMT60Turner Christian ChurchThis podcast hosts the weekly sermons from Turner Christian Church in Turner, Oregon.Turner Christian Churchmatt@turnerchristianchurch.comnohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1767586https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1767586Sun, 10 May 2026 19:06:43 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 appreciate her. She works eagerly She shops carefully She gets up early to feed everyone She runs a small business on the side She cares for the…2542nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1762908https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1762908Sun, 03 May 2026 19:03:03 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 distorted Jesus’ command to love our enemies into something easier: we’ve made it a strategy. We love our enemies because the think it will make…2302nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1758458https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1758458Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:04:48 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThe Challenge The Bible has very clear standards for the family. Those standards don’t always seem compassionate or safe. How should Christians view the family? Matthew 19:1-9 Why does Jesus set such high standards for relationships? Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for…2392nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1753365https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1753365Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:08:44 GMTTurner Christian ChurchChildren 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 the disciples in v. 50. Notice that the topic here is community life. The disciples are arguing about who is greatest in the church The child is…2536nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1748656https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1748656Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:09:35 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 this fallen world. They have an important job in God’s plan, so let them do it. But that logic doesn’t follow. What about when they don’t do…2387nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1744418https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1744418Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:02:52 GMTTurner Christian Church808nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1739198https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1739198Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:36:59 GMTTurner Christian Church1192nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1733081https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1733081Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:05:28 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction: 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 equal, so treat them that way. But that’s before the resurrection. Thomas Jefferson didn’t believe in the resurrection. How does Easter change…2343nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1729972https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1729972Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:03:48 GMTTurner Christian Church2531nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1725216https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1725216Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:07:08 GMTTurner Christian Church2409nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1720421https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1720421Sun, 01 Mar 2026 19:53:26 GMTTurner Christian Church2001nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1715569https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1715569Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:41:07 GMTTurner Christian Church1100nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1710757https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1710757Sun, 15 Feb 2026 20:02:28 GMTTurner Christian Church2352nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1704189https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1704189Sun, 08 Feb 2026 20:03:50 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction Okay, maybe the Church is essential, but certainly not baptism or communion. Too superstitious. Don’t like needing others. Why would Baptism and Communion be essential to the ministry of reconciliation? The Body of Christ in Corinth was sick and immature—divided, ignorant, sinful, selfish—and…2203nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1699822https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1699822Sun, 01 Feb 2026 20:03:15 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntro 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 religion (and so was Jesus) The Church is too divisive. But Paul says, As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling…1549nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1697247https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1697247Sun, 25 Jan 2026 19:36:55 GMTTurner Christian Church1388nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1657799https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1657799Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:56:12 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThis 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 for Abraham and his family to play in his plan—a ministry. This is the first time he brings him into it. S&G are unjust and cruel. Abraham advocates…2142nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1651141https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1651141Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:04:39 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction: 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 your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This sermon is preacher’s worst nightmare: Baptism, not repentance Do we have to be…2222nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1648459https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1648459Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:48:59 GMTTurner Christian Church1796nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1644640https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1644640Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:52:24 GMTTurner Christian Church1865nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1634336https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1634336Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:54:12 GMTTurner Christian ChurchFor 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 into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Think about how profound this statement is: God loves the whole world.…2447nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1629777https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1629777Sun, 07 Dec 2025 20:03:58 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction Adoption papers as Christmas gifts. Why so exciting? Just a piece of paper? Theirs is the huiothesia ; theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple worship and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,…2149nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1623427https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1623427Sun, 30 Nov 2025 20:04:18 GMTTurner Christian ChurchTheme 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, I can do what it says I can do. Today I’ll be taught the Word of God. I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive, I’ll never be…2223nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1616753https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1616753Sun, 16 Nov 2025 20:12:01 GMTTurner Christian ChurchWhat 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 is the ideal that the story is pointing toward? What would be a happy ending? Joyful reunion of the entire family Moving forward rooted in the…2172nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1612338https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1612338Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:10:20 GMTTurner Christian ChurchBig 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 good. Prodigal minds can see the good.??? Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you…1898nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1607651https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1607651Sun, 02 Nov 2025 20:10:22 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 brother represents the Pharisees, for whom the story is told. Luke 15:25-32 V. 28-30: What is the older brother’s problem? According to the old story,…2466nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1598413https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1598413Sun, 19 Oct 2025 19:05:49 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 under which the father would turn away the son. Does that mean there’s not judgment? Not quite. There is a moment in this story that is a bit…2236nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1594174https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1594174Sun, 12 Oct 2025 19:03:32 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 events that results in reconciliation with the father. This is how we get saved. Here is where the story of the Prodigal Son most challenges our story.…2162nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1589628https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1589628Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:08:55 GMTTurner Christian ChurchSuffering 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 function. It proves to the son that he is not as independent as he thinks he is. When we suffer, we experience the difference between the story…2762nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1585080https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1585080Sun, 28 Sep 2025 19:12:08 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 to be perfect, and I failed. Now I am a failure, I am depraved, and God cannot bear my presence in this condition. The only way I can be reconciled…2620nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1580588https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1580588Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchWhy 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 man. We are always choosing less that we could have had. But we think that’s better. [The mind] Can make a Heav’n of Hell, a Hell of Heav’n.... Here…2009nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1576013https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1576013Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:58:27 GMTTurner Christian ChurchOverview 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 goodness of God’s creation. Sermon Outline: Series Introduction This year we are growing together so we can follow God better as individuals,…2228nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1571575https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1571575Sun, 07 Sep 2025 18:36:45 GMTTurner Christian ChurchRemember: 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 Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Remember that the…1084nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1568367https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1568367Sun, 31 Aug 2025 18:49:59 GMTTurner Christian Church1800nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1562397https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1562397Sun, 24 Aug 2025 19:12:47 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!” How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in…2233nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1549852https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1549852Sun, 03 Aug 2025 19:01:21 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThese 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 want, but they all agree on one thing: Is the world getting better or worse? Chaos Oppression Scarcity Injustice What if you had a cable news channel…2309nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1545965https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1545965Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:30:35 GMTTurner Christian ChurchExegetical 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 God’s presence in their life and greater confidence to follow him into the unknown with confidence and faith. Perspective: A wolf talking to a flock…1031nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1530932https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1530932Sun, 20 Jul 2025 18:25:27 GMTTurner Christian ChurchHow 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 righteous doesn’t make us feel happy? What about when things are hard? That’s what Psalm 2 is for. This also helps us to see how psalms can form…1225nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1524906https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1524906Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:55:21 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for…2353nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1522517https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1522517Sun, 15 Jun 2025 19:08:53 GMTTurner Christian Church2239nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1514694https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1514694Sun, 08 Jun 2025 19:03:05 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 must first be preached to all nations (10) “Days of distress will be unequaled” (19) Dramatic language of sun darkened, etc. (24) People will see…2656nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1512650https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1512650Sun, 01 Jun 2025 19:05:28 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 matter if they refused to respond to the Gospel. The question is: The Question: What does God really WANT FROM US ? (11:27-12:12) Read Mark 12:13-15…2741nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1502074https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1502074Sun, 25 May 2025 18:34:37 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction 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 temple cleansing was what they had waited for. But the way Jesus did it was disappointing. The fig tree is there to asnwer the question of the temple…1219nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1500018https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1500018Sun, 11 May 2025 19:07:46 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThe 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! Disciples proclaim Jesus king Crowds join in the procession The temple leaders are supposed to respond. They ignore him completely. We are not…2511nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1495817https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1495817Sun, 04 May 2025 19:07:23 GMTTurner Christian Churchsddasc 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 to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. Jesus looked…2424nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1489235https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1489235Sun, 27 Apr 2025 19:04:07 GMTTurner Christian ChurchRecap 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 wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and to have authority to…2293nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1488895https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1488895Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:30:26 GMTTurner Christian Church704nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1482295https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1482295Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:58:33 GMTTurner Christian ChurchNow 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 yeast of the pharisees. The disciples start worrying about bread. Read Mark 8:27-9:1 There is one question on the midterm: who do you say I am?…2553nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1478215https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1478215Sun, 06 Apr 2025 19:25:02 GMTTurner Christian ChurchRead 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 in keeping the inside clean. But that’s because we get confused about the point they are arguing. We think Jesus is abolishing dietary laws. “Are…2014nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1473981https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1473981Sun, 30 Mar 2025 18:56:12 GMTTurner Christian ChurchComing out of COVID we were in a really good financial position. We found ourselves sitting on a good sized checking account. From that position, we made several decisions at various points: We increased the size of our emergency reserve fund We invested more of our money with church investment groups.…2291nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1467323https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1467323Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:02:57 GMTTurner Christian ChurchIntroduction Read Mark 6:46-52 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened. They were surprised when they shouldn’t have been. They wouldn’t have been if they had understood about…2419nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1458469https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1458469Sun, 16 Mar 2025 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchREAD MARK 5:1-20 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. Jesus sees the Gerasene cemetery as it really is: JUST a PLACE . v. 1-2 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore,…1451nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1456116https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1456116Sun, 02 Mar 2025 20:02:24 GMTTurner Christian ChurchBackground Jesus ended the last story by saying, Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.” “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. How can I "do God’s Will?” Do I have to BE CHOSEN…2227nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1451921https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1451921Sun, 23 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchREAD Mark 3:7-19 There is a huge groundswell of attention on Jesus. He’s doing all these remarkable things, and the movement is growing. Jesus invites the twelve to make a deeper commitment to him--from disciples to THE disciples. The twelve agree, and are probably pretty excited and optimistic. If you…2518nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1447473https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1447473Sun, 16 Feb 2025 20:05:40 GMTTurner Christian ChurchWhen the Jews came back from exile, they had high hopes for God to return to them and set everything right. Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to plead for the Lord ’s favor by asking the priests who were at the house of the Lord of Armies as well as the prophets,…2670nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1439315https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1439315Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchRead Mark 5:21-6:6 These three stories connect faith and healing. Jesus constantly connects faith with healing and power. Faith is essential to following Jesus. “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” “ ‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything…2087nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1441085https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1441085Sun, 02 Feb 2025 20:11:20 GMTTurner Christian Church2884nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1435212https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1435212Sun, 26 Jan 2025 20:00:52 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThey went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of…2330nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1425355https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1425355Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Church2319nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1427275https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1427275Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Church1492nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1421137https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1421137Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Church1627nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1415559https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1415559Sun, 22 Dec 2024 19:51:23 GMTTurner Christian Church1 Samuel 1 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had…2262nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1405760https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1405760Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchGenesis 18:1-15 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses…2874nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1401730https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1401730Sun, 01 Dec 2024 17:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchWe spent 5 weeks talking about doing nothing. The basic idea is this: God is the one in charge, who has the plan, who knows when and how to fix things. The logical conclusion: there will be (many) times when I want God to act, but he has not decided to act yet. The right thing to do then is “nothing.”…2738nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1399169https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1399169Sun, 24 Nov 2024 20:01:10 GMTTurner Christian ChurchBIBLICAL Thanksgiving begins and ends with DOING NOTHING . ( Leviticus 23:33-36 The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Lord ’s Festival of Tabernacles begins, and it lasts for seven days. The first day is a sacred assembly; do no regular work. For…2413nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1390535https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1390535Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:59:36 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThe devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. If you worship me, it will all be yours.” Jesus answered, “It is written:…2316nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1386103https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1386103Sun, 03 Nov 2024 20:03:33 GMTTurner Christian ChurchLuke 4:1-4 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” The Obstacle: Fixing It We live with the belief that EVERY problem MUST be fixed……2289nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1380312https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1380312Sun, 27 Oct 2024 19:05:27 GMTTurner Christian ChurchJesus committed time to doing NOTHING . ( 5:15-16 ; Exodus 16:29 , 20:8-11 ) Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath;…2500nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1378177https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1378177Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:02:45 GMTTurner Christian ChurchWe went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot. When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene. The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Chios. The day after that…2709nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1370369https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1370369Sun, 06 Oct 2024 18:59:01 GMTTurner Christian ChurchLight vs Darkness (5:1-20) Be light: follow God’s WILL instead of the WAYS of darkness. 3-7 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse…2412nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1364839https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1364839Sun, 29 Sep 2024 18:59:47 GMTTurner Christian ChurchCongregational Unity ( Eph. 4:1-6 ) Our first calling is to build LOVING , united CONGREGATIONS . 4:1-3 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort…2625nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1360991https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1360991Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:02:23 GMTTurner Christian ChurchSermon Points Christians need to be FAITHFUL to Jesus and rooted in his LOVE to fulfill their mission. 3:14-19 For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his…2197nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1358670https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1358670Sun, 15 Sep 2024 19:03:50 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThe Problem Human beings are caught in a cycle of sin, ANXIETY and DEATH . v. 1-3 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, How are we already dead? We think Paul is talking about a spiritual reality, but that’s not it. He’s talking about the fact that mortality works back into our lives…2423nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1354499https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1354499Sun, 08 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThe Letter from Jesus Imagine you are part of Ephesus Christian Church Rich, prominent city Pastors: Paul, Timothy, John (last apostle) Received three letters that would end up in the Bible Your pastor, who is in jail, sends you a letter What they are doing right: They work hard They cannot tolerate…2707nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1352933https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1352933Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Church1378nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1346135https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1346135Sun, 25 Aug 2024 19:05:11 GMTTurner Christian ChurchAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’ ” Why would God lead us into temptation? When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil,…2715nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1343724https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1343724Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:00:06 GMTTurner Christian ChurchAnd forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’ ” What is Jesus talking about? Why the three terms? The Debts of Israel Deuteronomy 15:1-11 ; Lev. 25:8-13 ; At the end of every seven…2372nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1339185https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1339185Sun, 11 Aug 2024 19:01:47 GMTTurner Christian ChurchWhat is our “Daily” bread? Give us today our daily bread. This seems like the easiest part to interpret, except that we don’t actually know what “daily” means. There are three possible interpretations, and they are all Biblical. Give us today the bread we NEED to SURVIVE . The whole Israelite community…2759nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1332488https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1332488Sun, 04 Aug 2024 19:00:23 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThe Prayer Jesus taught his disciples to pray: One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “ ‘Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give…2494nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1335822https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1335822Sun, 28 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Churchyour kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. What does this passage mean? It doesn’t mean: “God, please take control of the powers of the world to bring peace and justice.” “God, please bail us out of this hopeless world and build us a new one.” “God, we give up trying to do your…2603nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1332184https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1332184Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Church1536nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1328875https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1328875Sun, 14 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Church1541nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1325362https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1325362Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian Church1114nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1315785https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1315785Sun, 23 Jun 2024 19:02:42 GMTTurner Christian ChurchAs he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. Suddenly, a violent storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves—but Jesus kept sleeping. When Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave the order to go to the other side of the sea. A scribe approached him and said, “Teacher,…2705nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1312554https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1312554Sun, 16 Jun 2024 19:07:16 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThey recognized God’s POWER and ORDER in creation around them. Psalms 93 , 29 , 104; The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, enveloped in strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be shaken. Your throne has been established from the beginning; you are from eternity. The…2632nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1309314https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1309314Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:03:12 GMTTurner Christian ChurchJob’s Situation There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil. He had seven sons and three daughters. His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female…2855nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1305880https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1305880Sun, 02 Jun 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchDEATH is a ravenous monster that CONSUMES everyone and everything. Ecclesiastes 1:14 ; 9:2-3 , 11-12 ; Numbers 16:31-33 ; I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. Everything is the same for everyone: There is one fate for the…2484nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1303780https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1303780Sun, 26 May 2024 19:06:02 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThe dragon stood on the sand of the sea. And I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads. On its horns were ten crowns, and on its heads were blasphemous names. The beast I saw was like a leopard, its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth was like a lion’s mouth. The dragon…2806nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1299114https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1299114Sun, 19 May 2024 19:02:45 GMTTurner Christian ChurchAs I mentioned in the beginning of this series, my original plan had been to preach through the visions of Revelation, but I realized that we need a ton of background in order to understand the imagery. Now that we have studied dragons, we are ready to examine the Great Red Dragon. This will help us…2518nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1296881https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1296881Sun, 12 May 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchThey came to the other side of the sea, to the region of the Gerasenes. As soon as he got out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came out of the tombs and met him. God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They treated Abimelech deceitfully, so that the crime against…2659nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1295291https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1295291Sun, 05 May 2024 18:44:13 GMTTurner Christian Church1809nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1289966https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1289966Sun, 28 Apr 2024 18:56:28 GMTTurner Christian ChurchPharaoh created ORDER for Egypt by inflicting CHAOS on the Israelites. Ex. 1:8-16 Gen. 4:10-24 A new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are. Come, let’s deal shrewdly with them; otherwise…2730nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1286412https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1286412Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchGod placed Adam and Eve in the Garden to KEEP (his) ORDER . Gen 1:28 , 2:15-23 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge…2107nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1281678https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1281678Sun, 14 Apr 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchHumans invent dragons to represent the CHAOS in our world that we cannot CONTROL . Examples: Canaanite Mythology: Yam (the sea); Tunnan (sea dragon); Lotan (giant serpent); defeated by Baal Babylonian Mythology: Tiamat (the deep sea/salt water) defeated by Marduk If you keep bogies and goblins away from…2474nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1275532https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1275532Sun, 31 Mar 2024 16:00:00 GMTTurner Christian ChurchJesus was not the king that the PEOPLE of Jerusalem wanted. Mark 15:7-12 John 19:13-16 There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion. The crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do for them as was his custom. Pilate answered them, “Do you want…1712nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1270402https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1270402Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:54:12 GMTTurner Christian ChurchZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord ’s command. He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance…2251nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1266623https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1266623Fri, 15 Mar 2024 03:36:30 GMTTurner Christian ChurchJosiah took over for his UNFAITHFUL father when he was still a CHILD . 2 Chron. 34:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. When Josiah became an adult, he launched a campaign to return JUDAH to GOD . 2 Chron. 34:3-13 In the eighth year of his reign,…2344nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1264447https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1264447Sun, 10 Mar 2024 18:57:58 GMTTurner Christian ChurchManasseh REVERSED his father’s policies and REBUILT the high places. 2 Chron. 33:1-4 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight, imitating the detestable practices of the nations that the Lord had dispossessed…1952nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1259339https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1259339Sun, 03 Mar 2024 19:55:57 GMTTurner Christian ChurchHezekiah REVERSED his father’s policies and REOPENED the Temple. 2 Chron. 29:1-11 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. He did what was right in the Lord ’s sight just as his ancestor…2017no