Sermons From Fcc- St. Paul

“Blind Spots” | Mark 1:21-45 | Epiphany Sunday | FOCUSED Worship Series | January 5, 2020 | Dennis Sanders, preaching On the first Sunday of the new year and the new decade, Pastor Dennis preaches on how we see or don't see the people in our midst.

Isaiah 35:1-10 | Verge of a Miracle Series | Third Sunday of Advent | December 15, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching Advent is a time when we know things aren’t right in the world.  It is a time when we realize things aren’t right with us.

Isaiah 40:1-11 | Second Sunday of Advent | Verge of Miracle Series | December 8, 2019 | Rob Hamilton, preaching Isaiah preaches for comfort for a weary people and Pastor Rob shares how this passage still speaks to a weary land.

Isaiah 2:1-5 | Verge of a Miracle Series | First Sunday of Advent | December 1, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching Pastor Dennis thinks the United Nations tries to establish peace in the world, but God's future peace will be so much better.

Christ the King Sunday | Ubuntu Worship Series | 2 Kings 22:1-10, [14-20]; 23:1-3 | November 24, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching On the Sunday before Advent, the people of Judah rediscover a lost document that they might have wished stayed lost.

Isaiah 5:1-17 and 11:1-10 | Twenty Third Sunday After Pentecost | November 17, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching Dennis remembers a mailbox during his childhood and we are reminded of a God that seeks justice and also wants to love us as well.

God is angry at a wayward child and the church is called to follow Hosea's lead and speak from God's heart.

A thankful heart casts out fear. Jesus calls for a different way of being in the world.

King David's grandson becomes king, gets bad advice and sees the kingdom split in two. Service is a better way to lead than it is to lord it over others.

Just as King David danced before God, the church should be about dancing in our lives. We need to be able to express the joy of our faith in a public way in all that we do.

A comedian befriends an ex-president and hilarity ensues, which means there was no hilarity.  A widow is shown kindness by a woman named...kindness.

You never know what happens when the bread is broken.

Exodus 1: 8-20, 2:1-10 and 3:1-15  | Ubuntu Sermon Series | Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost | September 29, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching Two women are able to thwart the evil plans of a king.  A princess decides to care for a child that will one day lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into the promised land. God hears the cries of the oppressed and decides to act.

A conman comes face-to-face with God and gets a new name.

Abraham becomes the host with the most, Sarah laughs out of frustration and we are reminded to be open to where God might lead us.

In the first of the fall sermon series, we hear about the second creation story, God as Trinity and we learn a new word: Ubuntu.

We look at Jesus final words to his disciples and seek to learn what it means to bring the gospel in a world of mass shootings.

Jesus heals a woman on the sabbath and everyone is happy....except the leader of the synagogue. What does this passage from Luke have to do with a father's sarcastic letter to a church about how they treated his son who is on the autism spectrum?  Find out.

“Do You Hear the People Sing?” | Luke 12:49-56 and Hebrews 11:29 – 12:2 | Tenth Sunday After Pentecost | August 18, 2019 | Dennis Sanders, preaching What matters more: social justice or evangelism? The answer is not as important as standing up for what God requires which will divide people.

Hebrews 11 is a gallery of Old Testament figures who were faithful to God. We learn about Abraham who was faithful to God, which didn't mean that he never doubted.  We also learn about the link between faithfulness and obedience.  Oh, and we talk about buildings.