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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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  • Who Sinned? Learning To See People Again

    Contributed on Mar 4, 2026
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    A sermon about seeing the image of God in every person.

    “Who Sinned? Learning to See People Again” John 9:1–41 When Jesus and his disciples encounter a man blind from birth, the disciples ask a question that sounds harsh to us, but in their world was completely normal: “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” They ...read more

  • Leaving The Jar

    Contributed on Mar 3, 2026
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    A sermon about coming to Jesus with our pain.

    “Leaving the Jar” John 4:4-30, 39-42 Some burdens don’t feel like burdens until the moment we finally set them down. I once visited an elderly woman from the church I was pastoring at the time who lived alone. She kept a small wooden box on her kitchen table. When I asked what was inside, ...read more

  • The Courage To Begin Again

    Contributed on Feb 18, 2026
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    A sermon about the journey of new life in Christ.

    John 3:1–17 “The Courage to Begin Again” Lent often invites us into wilderness places—those inner places where our assumptions loosen, our certainties wobble, and something new tries to take root. Today’s Gospel Lesson brings us into a different kind of wilderness: not a desert, but a quiet ...read more

  • Holy Spirit: Our Posture

    Contributed on Feb 17, 2026
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    The final sermon in a series based on Dynamite Prayer by Rosario Picardo and Sue Nilson Kibbey.

    Ephesians 3:7 Holy Spirit: Our Posture There’s a reason chiropractors are doing so well these days. We are a people with posture problems, I know I am. We crane our necks at screens. We hunch over laptops like gremlins guarding treasure. And Some of us have perfected the “I’m listening but ...read more

  • Holy Spirit Power

    Contributed on Feb 12, 2026
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    The 3rd Sermon in a series based on the Book Dynamite Prayer by Picardo and Kibbey.

    1 Corinthians 2:1-12 Holy Spirit Power When Paul writes to the Corinthians, he reminds them of something important. He says, “When I came to you, I didn’t come with eloquence or human wisdom.” In other words: “I didn’t show up trying to impress you.” Paul had the education. He had the ...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