Rev. Paul Merrill 1 Chronicles 29:10-16 November 11 2018 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand....
Rev. Paul Merrill Luke 11:1-13 November 4 2018 Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need. “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened....
Rev. Kimberly Merrill Matthew 25:31-46 October 28 2018 When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. [audio mp3="https://www.fpcnewport.org/FPCwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018_10_28.mp3"][/audio]...
Rev. Paul Merrill Luke 15:1-10 October 21 2018 Then Jesus told them this parable: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent. [audio mp3="https://www.fpcnewport.org/FPCwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018_10_21.mp3"][/audio]...
Rev. Kimberly Merrill Luke 14:1-24 October 14 2018 Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’” [audio mp3="https://www.fpcnewport.org/FPCwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_10_14.mp3"][/audio]...
Rev. Paul Merrill Matthew 20: 1-16 October 7 2018 I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ “So the last will be first, and the first will be last.” [audio mp3="https://www.fpcnewport.org/FPCwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_10_07.mp3"][/audio]...
Rev. Kimberly Merrill Luke 13:10-21 September 30 2018 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds perched in its branches.” [audio mp3="https://www.fpcnewport.org/FPCwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_09_30.mp3"][/audio]...
Rev. Paul Merrill Mark 4:1-20 September 23 2018 The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.” [audio mp3="https://www.fpcnewport.org/FPCwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_09_23.mp3"][/audio]...
Rev. Kimberly Merrill Luke 15:25-32 September 16, 2018 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’” [audio mp3="https://www.fpcnewport.org/FPCwordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018_09_16.mp3"][/audio]...
Rev. Kimberly Merrill Luke 15 11-24 September 9 2018 ...
