Trinity Ruston Sermon Podcast

What does it look like to honor God when someone in your life is making it hard? In this message from Deuteronomy 6, we look at what it means to be a saint, not someone who has arrived, but someone God is still forming. Moses gave the Israelites three ways to honor God: give God your allegiance, trust God under pressure, and do what is right and good in His sight. Through a potluck pound cake, a "little god" we all carry around, and an unforgettable grandmother in an airport gate, we see how God's sanctifying grace makes ordinary people holy. Where will you stand up for God this week? 📖 Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:13-18 🎙️ Speaker: Rev. Doug de Graffenried 📺 Series: Honor Where It Is Due 📅 November 8, 2026 📍 Join Us In Person at Trinity Ruston Service Times: Sundays at 9:00 am & 11:00 am Location: 1000 Woodward Ave, Ruston, LA Plan Your Visit / Connect: https://www.trinityruston.org Chapters 00:00 Scripture: Deuteronomy 6 01:13 The Pound Cake at the Potluck 03:32 What Is a Saint? 04:35 Three Ways to Honor God 06:30 Everything Is a Gift 07:04 Give God Your Allegiance 08:44 Trust God Under Pressure 10:11 Do What Is Right and Good in His Sight 11:24 Miss Eunice at the Airport 16:19 The Man in the Green Leisure Suit 19:33 Can He Have My Seat? 21:02 Sanctifying Grace Makes Us Saints 21:59 Where Will You Stand Up This Week? 23:34 When the Saints Go Marching In

On All Saints Sunday we begin a new series, Honor Where It Is Due, by honoring those who came before us. From Hebrews 11 and 12, we remember that the Bible's word for honor carries the idea of weight: to honor someone is to say their life mattered. The saints we remember showed us that the love we talk about on Sunday can be lived on Monday. They were ordinary, imperfect people, and their story is not finished without ours. Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, we are invited to lay aside every weight, to run with endurance the race set before us, and to keep our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. Whether you come carrying grief, gratitude or both, you belong here. Death does not have the final word. 📖 Scripture: Hebrews 11:1, 39-40, 12:1-3 ⛪ Trinity Methodist Church | Ruston, Louisiana Speaker: Rev. Doug de Graffenried 📍 Join Us In Person at Trinity Ruston Service Times: Sundays at 9:00 am & 11:00 am Location: 1000 Woodward Ave, Ruston, LA Plan Your Visit / Connect: https://www.trinityruston.org 🗓️ Recorded Live: November 1, 2026

What does it look like when your whole life belongs to Jesus, with no exceptions and nothing held back? In the final message of our stewardship series, Rev. Doug de Graffenried tells the story of a woman who made change out of the offering plate and admits he’s done the same thing with God. From Jesus’ greatest commandment to the widow’s two quiet coins, this message calls us to love God with all we are and to invest in a future we may never fully see.

We spend much of our lives working for the things we have, building financial security, and planning for the future. But what happens when the things we own begin to own us? In Matthew 22:15–22, Jesus is asked a question about paying taxes to Caesar. His answer reveals something much deeper about our relationship with God, our possessions, and the way we live our lives. In this week's message, Pastor Doug explores what it means to be created in God's image and how recognizing that everything we've been given is entrusted to us can transform the way we think about generosity, stewardship, and the impact we have on others. The question isn't simply how much we give to God, but what God can do through everything we've been given. 📖 Scripture: Matthew 22:15–22 🎙️ Message: Imprinted | Making of a Disciple ⛪ Trinity Methodist Church | Ruston, Louisiana #christianliving #faithinaction #discipleship #sundaysermon #communityimpact #trinityruston Speaker: Rev. Doug de Graffenried 📍 Join Us In Person at Trinity Ruston Service Times: Sundays at 9:00 am & 11:00 am Location: 1000 Woodward Ave, Ruston, LA Plan Your Visit / Connect: https://www.trinityruston.org 🗓️ Recorded Live: October 18, 2026

The king’s banquet is ready, and the invitation is open to everyone. But what keeps us from coming? Continuing our stewardship series, we move from entrusted to invited. Jesus’ parable of the wedding banquet shows how easily good things like work, money, security and our own plans can crowd out God’s invitation. It also shows that grace both welcomes us as we are and begins to change us once we’re at the table. You’ll also hear the story of Donnie, whose secret “Operation Hush Money” tithing experiment, meant to prove his preacher wrong, ended in a confession over a Chinese buffet and a life set free from the grip of money. As we approach Consecration Sunday on October 25, this message invites us to ask one question before we fill out a commitment card: Whose invitation is shaping my life? #christianliving #faithinaction #discipleship #sundaysermon #communityimpact #trinityruston Speaker: Rev. Doug de Graffenried Scripture: Matthew 22:1-14 📍 Join Us In Person at Trinity Ruston Service Times: Sundays at 9:00 am & 11:00 am Location: 1000 Woodward Ave, Ruston, LA Plan Your Visit / Connect: https://www.trinityruston.org 🗓️ Recorded Live: October 11, 2026

Jesus’ parable of the vineyard reminds us that everything we have has been entrusted to us by God: our time, talents, resources, relationships, and even the church itself. In the first message of The Measure of a Disciple, Rev. Doug de Graffenried challenges us to rethink stewardship not simply as what we give, but as how we care for everything God has placed in our hands. Everything is just passing through. The question is: what are we doing with what God has entrusted to us? #christianliving #faithinaction #discipleship #sundaysermon #communityimpact #trinityruston Speaker: Rev. Doug de Graffenried Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-14 📍 Join Us In Person at Trinity Ruston Service Times: Sundays at 9:00 am & 11:00 am Location: 1000 Woodward Ave, Ruston, LA Plan Your Visit / Connect: https://www.trinityruston.org 🗓️ Recorded Live:October 4, 2026

God is already moving in our cities and neighborhoods—are you ready to join in? In this message, Pastor David challenges us to look beyond Sunday mornings and discover how everyday acts of generosity, presence, and faith can transform the communities right where we live. #christianliving #faithinaction #discipleship #sundaysermon #communityimpact #trinityruston Speaker: Rev. David Dorn Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12:1-14 📍 Join Us In Person at Trinity Ruston Service Times: Sundays at 9:00 am & 11:00 am Location: 1000 Woodward Ave, Ruston, LA Plan Your Visit / Connect: https://www.trinityruston.org 🗓️ Recorded Live: September 27, 2026

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