Remarks at Run Walk Nashville Pedestrian Memorial Service 2/22/25 Hello, I’m Paul Purdue. I’m the Pastor at Belmont United Methodist Church in Hillsborough Village. When Wesley asked me if I could speak at the memorial. I was happy to do so because on July 1 of this year my brother was involved in a bicycle […]
Monthly Archives: February 2025
Not everyone standing there listening to Jesus was a disciple. Some came for healing of physical and mental illnesses. The crowd pressed in, wanting something from Jesus. “Everyone was trying to touch Jesus” because healing power flowed through Jesus. Some came to hear a good storyteller or maybe see a miracle. With our TV’s, cellphones […]
First Corinthians 13 may be my favorite passage in the whole Bible. By Monday I had the beginnings of three good sermons that stretched out 12 pages, one had a great funny opening story. None of them seemed adequate for our national moment that Bishop Tracy S. Malone, President – Council of Bishops of The […]