Sermon Central
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Ken Sauer
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
Newest Sermons
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The King Who Comes In Humility
Contributed on Mar 23, 2026
A sermon for Palm Sunday.
Matthew 21:1-11 The King Who Comes in Humility When Jesus enters Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, the first thing that strikes me is not the crowd or the palms or even the shouts of “Hosanna”--it’s the humility. And it’s not the soft, sentimental humility we sometimes imagine, but a fierce, intentional ...read more
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What Does It Mean To Be Alive?
Contributed on Mar 17, 2026
A sermon about being a church that helps unbind one another.
John 11:1-7, 17-27, 32-45 What Does it Mean to Be Alive? When we step into John 11, we step into one of the most emotional and hope filled stories in Scripture. Lazarus—friend of Jesus, beloved brother, pillar of his community—becomes ill, and before help arrives, he dies. His sisters grieve, ...read more
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Who Sinned? Learning To See People Again
Contributed on Mar 4, 2026
A sermon about seeing the image of God in every person.
“Who Sinned? Learning to See People Again” John 9:1–41 When Jesus and his disciples encounter a man blind from birth, the disciples ask a question that sounds harsh to us, but in their world was completely normal: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” They ...read more
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Leaving The Jar
Contributed on Mar 3, 2026
A sermon about coming to Jesus with our pain.
“Leaving the Jar” John 4:4-30, 39-42 Some burdens don’t feel like burdens until the moment we finally set them down. I once visited an elderly woman from the church I was pastoring at the time who lived alone. She kept a small wooden box on her kitchen table. When I asked what was inside, ...read more
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The Courage To Begin Again
Contributed on Feb 18, 2026
A sermon about the journey of new life in Christ.
John 3:1–17 “The Courage to Begin Again” Lent often invites us into wilderness places—those inner places where our assumptions loosen, our certainties wobble, and something new tries to take root. Today’s Gospel Lesson brings us into a different kind of wilderness: not a desert, but a quiet ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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"24 Hours That Changed The World"
Contributed on Feb 14, 2013
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What Gives Life Meaning?
Contributed on Dec 12, 2012
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"What Gives Life Meaning?"
Contributed on Nov 28, 2012
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Christmas Is Not Your Birthday"
Contributed on Dec 13, 2011
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Chrsitmas Is Not Your Birthday
Contributed on Dec 7, 2011
Newest Sermon Illustrations
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Hell At Ground Zero
Contributed on Sep 2, 2002
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
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A Light Named Al
Contributed on Sep 2, 2002
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