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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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  • We Had Hoped

    Contributed on Sep 30, 2025
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    Jesus walks with us on our roads to Emmaus.

    Luke 24:13-35 “But We Had Hoped” Much of this sermon was borrowed from Rev. Alexis Fuller-Wright Our Gospel Lesson for this morning begins with “Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus.” “On that same day” meaning Easter Day the same day that Jesus’ rose from ...read more

  • We All Know Lazarus

    Contributed on Sep 24, 2025
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    Meeting Jesus in the Lazarus' of this world.

    Luke 16:19-31 “We All Know Lazarus” We have all seen him. He lies on a pile of newspapers outside a shop doorway, covered with a rough blanket. Perhaps he has a dog with him for safety. People walk past him or even step over him. Maybe he occasionally rattles a few coins in a tin cup, asking ...read more

  • Who Is My Neighbor?

    Contributed on Jul 9, 2025
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    The relationship between the law and the gospel.

    “Who Is My Neighbor?” The Story of the Good Samaritan is arguably Jesus’ best known parable. It’s so well-known that it has become a cliché’. A Good Samaritan is pretty much universally recognized as anyone who comes to the aid of another person. And while the parable is about that, ...read more

  • What Wells Are You Drinking From? (Updated Version)

    Contributed on Jun 19, 2025
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    A sermon about finding Real Life.

    “What Wells are You Drinking From?” John 4:4-18, 25-30, 39-42 She has a history. Things done and some left undone, some good some not so good. Guilts and regrets. Fears. Wounds and sorrows. And secrets too. Most commentaries and interpretations down through the ages take it for ...read more

  • In His Right Mind

    Contributed on Jun 17, 2025
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    Meet Jesus. Share Jesus.

    In His Right Mind Luke 8:26-39 This is a radical passage of Scripture, and not just because the Geresene man was demon possessed. Jesus and His disciples got in a boat and crossed the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. In doing this, Jesus was crossing boundaries… …boundaries that had ...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