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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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  • Peace

    Contributed on Nov 30, 2025
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    A sermon for the second Sunday of Advent.

    Matthew 1:18-25 Peace Have you ever gone through an incredibly disturbing time in life? Have you ever been hit so hard by some bump in life’s road that you felt knocked down, and perhaps nearly knocked out? Ever hit rock bottom? I would imagine most of us who have been alive for a certain ...read more

  • Give Thanks

    Contributed on Nov 19, 2025
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    A Sermon for Commitment Sunday.

    Matthew 14:13-21 Give Thanks Crowds of people were following Jesus and his disciples. We are told there were 5,000 men, not counting the women and children. So, rough estimate? 15,000 people? That’s huge. And they were all hungry. What an overwhelming situation. The disciples ...read more

  • Cultivating A Generous Heart

    Contributed on Nov 11, 2025
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    A sermon in a stewardship series.

    2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Cultivating a Generous Heart “God loves a cheerful giver,” writes Paul to the Church in Corinth. What a concept… …that giving will make us happy, put us in a good mood, and is connected to cheerfulness. But it’s the truth. Anyone who’s ever dug down deep enough to give ...read more

  • From God For God

    Contributed on Nov 5, 2025
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    A stewardship sermon

    “From God and For God” Matthew 6:24-34 A robin said to a sparrow, “I really don’t know why it is these human beings rush about and worry so much.” The sparrow to the robin, “I think it must be that they don’t have a loving God, like we do who cares for you and me.” I think sometimes we live as ...read more

  • The Great Cloud Of Witnesses

    Contributed on Oct 28, 2025
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    A sermon for All Saints Sunday.

    A Great Cloud of Witnesses Hebrews 12:1-3 When Bob Homer was a young boy he had a paper route. And back in the days of paper routes, the paper girls or boys would have to collect money from each customer by ringing their doorbell once a week. And so, you got to know the people you delivered ...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