Sermons from Trinity Presbyterian Church of Charlotte

Steve Lindsley (Luke 8: 4-8, 11-18) Picture this with me.  It should be easy; it’s something I imagine most of us have encountered before.  You’re driving on 277, getting ready to take that weird exit that’ll put you on Third Street and eventually Providence.  You veer right and find yourself in the far left lane, that large parking deck right in front of you, just waiting for green. Your mind […]

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Steve Lindsley (Genesis 32: 22-31) I’m a self-confessed sports fan, and I live in a family of sports fans.  Moving to Charlotte over three and a half years ago was a dream come true for many reasons, not the least of which were the ways it enabled my family and I to engage our fandom.  Panthers and Hornets games for sure, a Knights ball game mixed in there.  We even […]

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Bill Cockrill (Deuteronomy 8: 7-18; Matthew 11: 16-19) “You shall eat your fill and bless the Lord your God for the good land that he has given you…” As we consider this text this morning, I want us to begin by thinking of what it takes to make people happy.  What makes us happy? Now understand, we are not talking about happiness that is fleeting joy.  We are not talking […]

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Grace Lindvall (Acts 2: 1-21) It’s Pentecost, y’all! One of my favorite Church holidays – today we celebrate the descending of the Spirit into our lives, which were forever transformed that Pentecost long long ago. We read this morning from Acts 2, and we hear the story of our family of faith and the coming of the Spirit into their lives to ignite the spread of the gospel message. Our […]

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Steve Lindsley (Acts 1: 1-14) The ascension.  Can we just say what we’re thinking?  The ascension is weird.  It is awkward.  It is strange.  We don’t quite get what the ascension is about, what its purpose is.  We get resurrection – dying and then living again.  Ascension actually makes resurrection look more commonplace – because it is.  Did you know there are more instances in the Bible of resurrection than […]

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Grace Lindvall (John 14: 15-21)  This morning we continue our sermon series entitled “Closer and Closer” a look at the lectionary passages that follow the Easter story. We look at these passages and the ways they draw us closer to knowing God, draw us nearer to experience and relationship with God. Today’s scripture reading invites us to do just that yet again. Our scripture reading today comes from the 14th […]

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Trinity Youth (Micah 6: 6-8) Reflections on our theme of Welcome – David Hood, Jimmy Click, Molly Click, Robert Hutchins, Edward Durham, Graham Gutknecht, Hunter Lindsley Senior Homilies – Skylar Cornwell, Molly Mazeine

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Steve Lindsley (Matthew 13: 31-35) A retired minister friend of mine said he always liked sharing this story with his church’s confirmation class every year.  A man was hiking in the mountains; and as he negotiated the precipice of a steep mountain peak, he slipped off the cliff.  Thankfully, he managed to grab a strong vine on the way down to stop his fall – at least for the moment. […]

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Steve Lindsley (Luke 24: 13-35) About a month or so ago, I started going on these walks.  What I’ve taken to calling “Queen City Strolls.” Here’s the idea: I plot out a 7-8 mile route that takes me through some part of town I don’t normally frequent, except maybe driving by in a car at 35-40 mph.  Then I pick a day, lace up the shoes and go. I take […]

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Grace Lindvall (John 20: 19-31) He has been dubbed, “Doubting Thomas.” In my opinion that’s a little unfair, but I don’t want to reject that title too much because I don’t see anything wrong with being “Doubting Thomas.” But first, let’s look a little bit at who Thomas is – for he is not the ultimate skeptic, the #1 doubter, the unsure one as this text may accidentally be misunderstood. […]

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