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  • Ken Sauer

    Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
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First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge, TN
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About Ken
  • Education: M.Div. Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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  • Going By A Different Route

    Contributed on Dec 27, 2024
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    A sermon about making the decision to follow Christ.

    Going by Different Route Matthew 2:1-12 We aren’t told how long of a time had passed between when the magi first saw the star and when they arrived in Jerusalem, but Herod’s order—in verse 16—to kill all male children two years and younger in accordance with the time that the star first ...read more

  • "making Room For Jesus"

    Contributed on Dec 23, 2024
     | 216 views

    A sermon for Christmas Eve.

    Luke 2:1-20 Making Room for Jesus There is a story about a group of children who had been practicing for the Big Christmas Play for several weeks. There was Mary and Joseph and the sheep and shepherds and there was a young boy named Timmy playing the grumpy old Inn Keeper. Timmy was a nice ...read more

  • The Paradox Of Blessedness

    Contributed on Dec 17, 2024
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     | 492 views

    A sermon about about the blessings of being used by God.

    “The Paradox of Blessedness” Luke 1:39-56 Two weeks ago, we read about how the angel Gabriel visited Mary and told her that she would become pregnant by the Holy Spirit and bear a son, and He will be holy and be called the “Son of God.” And even though she said, “Here am I, the servant of the ...read more

  • What Is Righteousness Version 2

    Contributed on Dec 12, 2024
     | 116 views

    A updated version of the first sermon I wrote on this.

    “What is Righteousness?” Matthew 1:18-25 What is the first image that pops into your head when you hear the word “righteous?” Do you think of some fire and brimstone preacher with a red face who points a finger at sinners and declares them guilty in the eyes of an angry god? Or do you think ...read more

  • What Is Righteousness?

    Contributed on Dec 11, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 218 views

    A sermon that seeks to answer the question: What does it mean to be righteous in the eyes of God?

    “What is Righteousness?” Matthew 1:18-25 What is the first image that pops into your head when you hear the word “righteous?” Do you think of some fire and brimstone preacher with a red face who points a finger at sinners and declares them guilty in the eyes of an angry god? Or do you think ...read more

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  • Hell At Ground Zero

    Contributed on Sep 2, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
     | 5,807 views

    HELL AT GROUND ZERO Jerry Sillcocks is a New York firefighter and a Christian who helped search for survivors at “ground zero.” He writes that he and his co-workers called this place the “pit.” “Almost everywhere I looked, mighty columns of steel were twisted into sad, pointless ...read more

  • A Light Named Al

    Contributed on Sep 2, 2002
    based on 51 ratings
     | 9,062 views

    A LIGHT NAMED AL On the morning of September 11, Jeannie Braca switched on the television to check the weather report, only to hear that a plane had just hit the World Trade Center. Jeannie’s husband, Al, worked as a corporate bond trader for Cantor Fitzgerald. His office was on the 105th ...read more