Sermons from Trinity Presbyterian Church of Charlotte

Steve Lindsley (1 Samuel 24: 1-13, 16-22; Romans 12: 9-18) Her name is Celie, and she is the main character and narrator in the movie The Color Purple, based on the Pulitzer-prize winning book by Alice Walker.  It is a harsh look at life for African-American women in the early 20th century.  Set in rural Georgia in the 1930’s, Celie’s early years are marked by abuse at the hands of […]

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Steve Lindsley (Exodus 1:8-14; 2:1-10) When she could hide him no longer….  The time had come, she finally understood.  She had hoped it never would, but it was inevitable, she knew it now.  The danger was too great, too real; and so she would do the thing that goes against the grain of any loving, caring mother: give her son up.  Give it up to the Nile. What kind of […]

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Steve Lindsley (Genesis 45: 1-15; Matthew 15: 21-28) I try to imagine myself in his shoes, in her shoes, and if I’m honest, I really don’t know that I could have done what either of them did. I don’t know that I could’ve stood up for myself as someone seeking healing and wholeness, instead receiving a cold shoulder and condescending comment.  If I were the Canaanite woman in the passage […]

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Grace Lindvall (Matthew 25: 14-30) Our scripture reading this morning comes from the 25th chapter of Matthew verses 14-30. Here we find Jesus speaking to the disciples in what is called the “apocalyptic discourse” which includes three parables about waiting for Jesus’ return after his ascension to God the Father and how we as disciples are to live faithfully as we wait for Christ’s glorious return. Our reading today is […]

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Steve Lindsley (Matthew 14: 13-33) So there are three things that jump out at us when we read these two stories from the gospel of Matthew – two back-to-back miracles that are familiar, I imagine, to most of us: The first is the fact that Jesus needs a break.  I mean, like really needs one! And it’s not often that we get a glimpse into this side of Jesus, do […]

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Steve Lindsley (1 Samuel 1: 1-20) She kneels alone in the tent of meeting, In the place where Yahweh is praised; Where generations before, and those to come Cross the threshold from the mundane into the holy.                                          She goes in there for hours, day after day, Entering this solemn place […]

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Grace Lindvall (Genesis 21: 8-21) Our sermon series on the Women of the Old Testament continues with the story of Hagar. As we look into the stories of the women of the Old Testament, many of the stories we find are often untold and unfamiliar stories but stories which have a profound impact on our faith and on our life. We listen to each of these stories asking ourselves how […]

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Steve Lindsley (Esther 4:10-5:3) As best as I can recall, I’ve known all of three Esthers in my life.  One was on the swim team I used to coach in Mount Airy – she was a great butterflyer.  Another sat next to me in 7th grade math and always helped with the problems I didn’t understand (which meant she had to help me a lot).  The third was this sweet […]

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Grace Lindvall (Ruth 1: 1-18) Our second scripture reading this morning comes from the short 4 chapter long narrative book in the Old Testament, Ruth. The book of Ruth tells the story of the Moabite woman, Ruth, and her mother-in-law Naomi. This continues our sermon series on the “Women of the Old Testament” where we are looking at the stories of women in the old testament who are lesser known […]

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Grace Lindvall Exodus 1:8-10,15-21 This month Steve and I are preaching a sermon series on the women of the Old Testament, a series that could also aptly be named “the unsung heroes of the Bible” for these women are often quite overlooked or not well known. These are stories of women in the Bible whose voices, whose lives, whose presence in the biblical narrative shape the lives of those around them. […]

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