The Cost of Discipleship by Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat, May 18, 2025, at Mount Vernon, Ohio based on John 13: 31-35. 

“The Cost of Discipleship.” This is a famous book that Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote, so I’m utilizing that title, and I’m coming at it a little bit differently with you this morning. I’m coming at the cost of discipleship this way. I have a five-word sermon. I’m going to say more than the five-word sermon. But I have a five-word sermon…

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Called to Be Faithful

Called to Be Faithful, Rev. Dr. Jay Marshall Groat, April 13, 2025 Is it OK if I let you in on a little secret? Somebody nod yes. OK. My little secret is this. In terms of sermon preparation, every week I wait for a hook, I call it the hook. I’ve been doing this for 35-plus years now, and I still…

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