1 sermon /November 20 / Peter Wischesen, FBCD Ministerial Intern and student at Mercer University McAfee School of Theology

“When he returned, having received royal power, he ordered these slaves, to whom he had given the money, to be summoned so that he might find out what they had gained by trading. The first came forward and said, ‘Lord, your pound has made ten more pounds.’ He said to him, ‘Well done, good slave! Because you have been trustworthy in a very small thing, take charge of ten cities.”
—Luke 19:15-17

5 sermons /October 16–November 13 / Rev. Dr. David Gushee, Interim Pastor

“For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord,
plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.”
—Psalm 8:3-4

1 sermon /October 9/ Shelley Woodruff

“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars that you have established;
what are human beings that you are mindful of them,
    mortals that you care for them?”
—Psalm 8:3-4

1 sermon /October 2/ David Gushee

“Then he took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, ‘This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, ‘This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.’"
—Luke 22:19-20

1 sermon /September 18 / Matt T. Duvall

“For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Houses and fields and vineyards shall again be bought in this land.’" – Jeremiah 32:15

3 sermons /September 4, 11, and 25 / David Gushee

“Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed." – Matthew 8:8

4 sermons / August 7–August 28 2016 / John Pierce

“For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save the lost."
Luke 19:10

1 sermon / July 31, 2016 / Keith Pierce

“Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,"
Acts 2:46

3 sermons / July 10-July 24, 2016 / David Gushee

“As you did it to the least of these, you did it to me.”

3 sermons / June 19-July 3, 2016 / Bob Williamson, David Gushee

“But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 18:13-14

4 sermons / May 22-June 12, 2016 / Roger Paynter

“Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him."
Acts 10:34-35

5 sermons / Matthew 5:13-20 /April 10 – May 8, 2016 / Roger Paynter

"When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." — Matthew 5:1-2

1 sermon / Matthew 5:1-12 /April 3, 2016 / Shelley Woodruff

“Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them.” — Matthew 5:1-2

1 sermon / Matthew 28 / March 27, 2016 / Roger Paynter

“The angel never says, ‘Jesus raised himself’
… rather, he says, ‘He has been raised.’
If we want a simple definition of God we can say,
‘God is the One who raised Jesus from the dead.’
There’s a major difference in the two.”
— Frederick Buechner

1 sermon / Matthew 26:14-16, 31-56 / March 20, 2016 / Roger Paynter

“Betrayal: To deliver an enemy by treachery; to fail or desert, especially in time of need; to disclose in violation of confidence.” — Dale Bruner

1 sermon / Luke 15:1-10 / March 13, 2016 / Roger Paynter

“Religion is thought to be about what we are to do in order to somehow make connection with God; whether it’s to obey a set of rules or a law or live a certain life. Yet, the Bible continually makes this extremely odd counter-claim, counterintuitive response. God is seeking us, it says. God….who is inconceivably beyond us, moves and probes and reaches for us.” — Roger Paynter

1 sermon / Luke 14:1, 7-14 / March 6, 2016 / Roger Paynter

“The Heavenly Banquet Table is that place where we couldn’t possibly guess the seating arrangement if our lives depended on it….and guess what, they do!” — Patrick Willson

1 sermon / Mark 1:9-15 / February 28, 2016 / Roger Paynter

"We need not only the strength to defer a decision;
we also need the strength to make a decision." — T.S. Eliot

1 sermon / John 3:1-17 / February 21, 2016 / Roger Paynter

"What Jesus meant by flesh is the person disrupted; what Jesus meant by Spirit is the person restored." — Paul Tournier

1 sermon / Mark 6:1-13 / February 7, 2016 / Roger Paynter

“The peculiar grace of a Shaker chair is due to the fact that it was made by someone capable of believing that an angel might come and sit in it.” — Thomas Merton