Into the World Text: Acts 11:19-30; 13:1-4 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 06-03-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Trinity Sunday, First Sunday After Pentecost, sending of mission team Main Point: By prayer and other holy habits we come close to God and can ‘hear’ the messages from the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit […]
Sermon Title: The Next Step Text: Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 05-27-2012 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Pentecost; Confirmation Main Point: Discipleship is a journey. We are called forward as we are prepared for the next step by the Holy Spirit. The next step… This week I waded […]
Wide and Deep Text: John 15:1-8; Wide: Acts 8:26-40; Deep: 1 John 4:7-21 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 5-6-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Fifth Sunday of Easter Main Point: Wide and deep is not an either/or decision to make. It is reciprocal in nature. In order to reach widely, we must have […]
Sermon Title: No Hired Hands Text: 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18; John 21:15-19; Psalm 23 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 4-29-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Fourth Sunday of Easter Main Point: Jesus does not call us to be sheep. Jesus does not call us to be ‘hired hands.’ Christ calls us to […]
Open Minds Text: 1 John 3:1-7; Luke 24:36b-48 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 4-22-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Third Sunday of Easter Main Point: Often Christians are considered to be people with closed minds. But meeting the risen Christ actually opens minds. Today we have heard yet another account of people seeing […]
Exonerating Thomas Text: John 20:19-31 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 4-15-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Second Sunday of Easter. Main Point: Thomas was no more doubting than the rest. Perhaps his experience is normative and Christ shows us what we need to believe. Today I want to try to redeem Thomas from […]
As One Untimely Born Text: John 20:11-18; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Mark 16:1-8 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 04-08-2012 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Easter Sunday Main Point: The unfinished story of Easter morning in the book of Mark reminds us that the story of the resurrection is not finished even today. Jesus continues […]
Christian by Vocation Text: John 12:1-8, 20-33 (esp v. 24-26) By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 3-25-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Fifth Sunday in Lent Main Point: Dying with Christ is a different kind of martyrdom in most of our lives. It is hating our soul in this world, dying to secular ambition, […]
Into Him Text: Numbers 21-4-9; John 3:14-21 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 03-18-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Fourth Sunday in Lent Main Point: Believing ‘into’ Christ means is more than believing the things about Jesus’ life, execution and resurrection. It means absolute trust and submission to his Way. We do this when […]
The Currency of Faith Text: Exodus 20:1-17; John 2:13-22 By: Rev. Terry Carty Date: 03-11-12 Place: Kingston Springs United Methodist Church Season: Third Sunday in Lent Main Point: We trivialize God as we reduce religion to a commodity that meets our need for God. Jesus calls us to approach God on God’s terms, not ours. […]