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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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865-483-4357

About Ken
  • Education: M.Div. Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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  • Holy Spirit: Our Posture

    Contributed on Feb 17, 2026
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    The final sermon in a series based on Dynamite Prayer by Rosario Picardo and Sue Nilson Kibbey.

    Ephesians 3:7 Holy Spirit: Our Posture There’s a reason chiropractors are doing so well these days. We are a people with posture problems, I know I am. We crane our necks at screens. We hunch over laptops like gremlins guarding treasure. And Some of us have perfected the “I’m listening but ...read more

  • Holy Spirit Power

    Contributed on Feb 12, 2026
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    The 3rd Sermon in a series based on the Book Dynamite Prayer by Picardo and Kibbey.

    1 Corinthians 2:1-12 Holy Spirit Power When Paul writes to the Corinthians, he reminds them of something important. He says, “When I came to you, I didn’t come with eloquence or human wisdom.” In other words: “I didn’t show up trying to impress you.” Paul had the education. He had the ...read more

  • Holy Spirit Presence

    Contributed on Feb 2, 2026
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    The second sermon in a 4 part series based on the Book Dynamite Prayer: A 28 Day Experiment by Rosario Picardo and Sue Nilson Kibbey.

    Ephesians 3:14–19 Holy Spirit Presence In Ephesians 3, Paul prays for the church in Ephesus with a kind of spiritual compassion that reveals how deeply he cares for them. He’s writing from prison, yet he doesn’t dwell on his own problems. Instead, his heart turns toward others — toward their ...read more

  • Holy Spirit Impact

    Contributed on Jan 27, 2026
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    The first sermon in a 4-part series using Rosario Picardo and Sue Nilson Kibbey's book: Dynamite Prayer a 28-Day Experiment as a guide.

    Luke 24:45-49 Holy Spirit Impact There are moments on this journey of faith when heaven seems to lean in close—moments when God reveals not only what God has done, but what God intends to do through God’s people. Our Gospel Lesson for this morning from Luke is one of these moments. Jesus, ...read more

  • The Light Shines In The Darkness

    Contributed on Jan 21, 2026
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    A sermon about being a disciple.

    The Light Shines in The Darkness Isaiah 9:1-4 Matthew 4:12-23 Did the words of our Old Testament Lesson from Isaiah 9 sound familiar? If so, it might be because the last time we heard these words was at our Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve, when we celebrated the birth of our Lord and ...read more

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  • Hell At Ground Zero

    Contributed on Sep 2, 2002
    based on 22 ratings
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    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
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    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