Pastor Teresa uses that story to ask what Jesus means when he names the greatest commandment. The test question from the Pharisees wasn’t hard, and Jesus’ answer wasn’t new. As the sermon says, quoting Zina Jacques, “The failure lives in the space between knowing and doing.” We agree with the commandment on Sunday and have broken it by Tuesday. #sermons #ordinarytime #firstchristianchurch

Teresa Kim Pecinovksy, preaching | October 25, 2026 | Twenty-Second Sunday After Pentecost

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When Jesus asks for a coin, his questioners are exposed as compromised while his own pockets are empty, and the Greek word for "head" (eikōn, or icon) reminds us that we bear God's image and belong to God. All of us carry Caesar's coins, yet Christ, who had none, stood in our place and frees us to give ourselves fully to God. #sermons #ordinarytime #firstchristianchurch

Dennis Sanders, preaching | October 18, 2026 | Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost

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Opening with memories of his father's famously loud 1970s wardrobe, Dennis Sanders turns to the unsettling parable of the wedding banquet in Matthew 22 and explores how God's invitation is open to everyone, yet is meant to change us, clothing us in Christ's righteousness rather than leaving us as we came. #sermons #ordinarytime #firstchristianchurch

Dennis Sanders, preaching | October 11, 2026 | Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost

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Loren Richmond Jr. , preaching | October 4, 2026 | Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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We can trust that God's household is built on daily need rather than status, because "there's bread enough for all of us." #sermons #ordinarytime #firstchristianchurch

Teresa Kim Pecinovsky, preaching | September 20, 2026 | Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

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We can trust that God's household is built on daily need rather than status, because "there's bread enough for all of us." #sermons #ordinarytime #firstchristianchurch

Teresa Kim Pecinovsky, preaching | September 20, 2026 | Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost

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How many times are we really supposed to forgive? Jesus answers: more than you can ever imagine. #sermons #ordinarytime #firstchristianchurch

Dennis Sanders, preaching | September 13, 2026 | Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost

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In a world that craves comfort, Jesus calls his disciples to something harder and more meaningful. Though the disciples repeatedly failed and chose comfort over faithfulness, grace had the final word. We are made worthy not by our own effort, but by Christ. And it is in that spirit that we are sent out, not to offer easy answers, but to bring the consolation of a God who is present with us in both joy and sorrow. #sermons #ordinarytime #firstchristianchurch

Dennis Sanders, preaching | June 21, 2026 | Fourth Sunday After Pentecost

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