Rev. Paul Leonard
Rev. Leonard (M.Div. Fuller Seminary) is the pastor at St Johns on Morgan Hill in Williams township, PA . His messages are timely, scriptural, and focus on issues of faith. While the podcast focuses primarily on sermons that explain scripture verse by verse things likess special music, etc. will be included time to time.
Episodes
78 episodes
Mark 9: 1-11 The Transfiguration
We take a look at the transfiguration in the gospel of Mark
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22:34
Mark 8 22-33 Jesus recognized as messiah
In today's passage, Peter finally gets what 8 chapters of Mark have been building towards the recognition of Jesus as the Christ. However, the same issue that we have been looking at this entire series remains. Peter's definition of Messiah is ...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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18:44
Mark 8: 1-21 Jesus feeds the 4,000 and rebukes desire for signs
Mark ch 8, parallels much of the material from the 1st half of Mark Ch 6 & 7. Using the story so far we look at the specific point Jesus was making with feeding the 4000, as well as how aggressive the debates with the Pharisees...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:02:43
Mark 7: 24-37 For the Dogs
This episode looks at two miracles of Jesus. The healing of a gentile woman's daughter and the healing of a deaf/ mute.
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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20:32
John 3:16 - On Half Gospels
Many of us live lives that are characterized by only accepting half of the Gospel, only the outline. Rev. Paul in a special message for Back to Church Sunday extorts his listeners to accept the full gospel of Christ.
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23:31
Mark 7: 1-23 That which defiles
We take a look at an incident of very purposeful rejection of the oral traditions of the scribes by Jesus
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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24:11
Mark 6: 30-44 Jesus Feeds the 5000
We look at the story of Jesus feeding the 5000.In Mark's Gospel Jesus uses this miracle to establish a very poignant connection between him and Moses and Isaiah's/ Ezekiel's prophecies. *Note: this is a re-upload after an e...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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23:56
Mark 6: 14-29 The Death of John The Baptist
John was the prophet who prepared the way of the Lord, and that in today's story means he quite literally faced his own death. This sermon explores what it means that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Prophets and how we all in some ways pla...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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25:19
Mark 6: 6-13 "Beating Disney at their own Game"
We look at the story of how Jesus sent out the disciples, and how that required an attitude of complete innovation, and a strong dependence on Grace
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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33:07
Mark 6: 1-6 Jesus as the Hometown Prophet
Jesus could find any respect in his hometown. This sermon follows the text a bit more loosely than our series has so far, focusing on the 10th commandment (9th in some traditions) "Thou shall not covet"
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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18:09
Jesus Raises Jairus' daughter Mark 5:21-43
Today's sermon explores two different miracles of Jesus that the Gospel of Mark wraps together. We explore why Jesus' healing of the woman with the 12 year hemorrhage and the raising of the synagogue leader's daughter are wrapped together in Ma...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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23:03
Jesus cast out the Legion of Demons Mark 5: 1-20
We look at what is a very long story of a demon being cast out in the Gospel of Mark. Mark takes a long time to develop the details, and we look at what some of those details mean; also focus on Jesus' transformative deliverance.
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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23:12
Jesus Quiets the Storm (Live Version)
We look at the Story of Jesus quieting the storm. This will be a limited availability sermon.
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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25:48
Mark 4: 21-34 The Parables of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark part 2
Mark uses 4 agricultural parables to describe the kingdom of God back to back. But in the Gospel of Mark the key phrase the "kingdom of God" makes the meaning a bit nuanced from normal.
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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19:35