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  • Gordon Pike

    Contributing sermons since Jun 22, 2015
Gordon's church

First United Methodist Church of Pahokee
Pahokee, Florida 33476
561-924-7241

About Gordon
  • Education: BA in English Lit. from Univ. Florida MA in Divinity from Asbury Theo. Seminary
  • Experience: Was a full-time licensed local pastor for 20 years in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church. Retired and moved to Western North Carolina to take care of my aging parents. Been serving churches in this area for the past seven years as a part-time retired licensed local pastor. Currently serving a church in Sylva, NC.
  • Best advice given to me about preaching: Jet skis turn on a dime, oil tankers take 7 miles to turn around. A church is an oil tanker.
  • Hobbies: Riding my bike, fishing, writing
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  • True Satisfaction

    Contributed on Jan 31, 2026
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    Holy Communion, where we receive true food and drink true drink and remember that through Jesus, we are never spiritually hungry and never spiritually thirsty ... because of the sacrifice of His body and blood we have eternal life through Him.

    What happens to food … like this piece of bread [eat piece of bread] … when you eat it? Well … it goes to our stomach where it is broken down by hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes so that it can be absorbed into my body. That piece of bread that I just ate will eventually become a part of ...read more

  • Speak, Lord

    Contributed on Jan 24, 2026
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    When we are guilty of a lack of trust, like Elijah, we know that this sin too is forgiven. Our God loves us and quietly, gently notes our sin, assures us of His forgiveness, and then points us in the direction that we should go.

    SPEAK, LORD Preached: January 25, 2026 (Love’s Chapel) June 22, 2025 (Canton First) Scripture: 1 Kings 19:9-19a The older I get, the more I find myself identifying with the Prophet Elijah. Not in the sense that I think that I’m a prophet but in the sense that Elijah’s ...read more

  • In His Time

    Contributed on Jan 11, 2026
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    We all have dreams, plans for ourselves, don't we? But no matter how big our dreams or plans are, God's plans for us are bigger ... much bigger ... often bigger than we can imagine. In today's sermon, one woman's prayer became the answered prayer of a nation.

    We all have dreams, plans for our ourselves, don't we? But no matter how big our dreams or plans are, God's plans for us are bigger ... much bigger ... often bigger than we can imagine. Take ... oh ... Hannah, for example. Her dream was to have a son who would remove the guilt and shame ...read more

  • Trust And Obey

    Contributed on Jan 5, 2026
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    Faith is more than words. I can say that I believe all day long but at some point, I have to actually step out in faith. That's how I know that my faith is real but that it is strong enough to hold me up and sustain me no matter what's going on in my life.

    Basically, I grew up in upstate New York. There were some woods at the end of the street and there was a pond more or less in the middle of it. In the winter, we would skate on it and play hockey. The thing is ... as we gathered on the edge of the pond, we always had the same debate: Was the ...read more

  • No Way

    Contributed on Apr 2, 2023
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    When Jesus tells the man to go and sell everything so that he will have treasure in heaven … what do you picture? Gold? Jewels? Crowns? Isn’t our treasure Jesus? Our relationship with Jesus. An eternity in Heaven with Jesus, the most precious treasure in all the universe?

    One time a man was sent to prison. Sitting in his cell in the dark, he heard someone yell: “42.” The whole cell block burst into laughter, including the new man’s cellmate. Just as he was about to ask his cellmate what that was all about, another prisoner shouted out “67” and the whole cell ...read more

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