The Centerville Grace Podcast

In 2023 the U.S. Surgeon General called loneliness an epidemic: one in four Americans feels isolated at least once a week, one in six every single day. We blame phones, schedules, social media, and job relocations — but Pastor Dave says the real problem isn't a technology problem. It's a human problem, and it goes all the way back to Genesis. In Week 1 of Only the Lonely, Dave opens the creation a...

"We want to create a family where the kids want to be with us even when they don't have to be." Tony and Karen have carried that Andy Stanley line for a decade — but how do you actually build a home your kids come back to? And if you're the grown kid now, how do you become someone your own parents want to invite in? In the final week of Parenting Is Hard, Pastor Tony Miltenberger introduces the Ho...

Who is on your parenting team? Pastor Tony Miltenberger asked his own family what the hardest part of having him as a dad is, and they did not hold back: "You're gone a lot." "You're a lot." "You're a little bit of a bully." His response: all of it is true, and it doesn't make him a good parent or a bad parent. It makes him human. Parenting is hard because people are hard, and we were never meant...

In Week 4 of Parenting Is Hard, Pastor Dave sits down with Justin Gravitt — Navigators Church Ministries missionary, disciple-maker for 27 years, and "the most intentional guy I've ever met" — to talk about the intentional side of parenting. Justin and his wife Kristen sum up their whole philosophy in three lines: we show the way, they choose the way, and we love them either way. From there it get...

How do you discipline your kids? If your honest answer is "I have no idea," you're in good company — that's Pastor Dave's answer too. But the Bible has more to say about discipline than "how to make it stop." In Week 3 of Parenting Is Hard, Dave tackles the hardest part of parenting: the children. Starting from what discipline actually is — training toward maturity, not just punishment — he unpack...

Parenting is hard, and unfortunately, none of us gets it right all the time. But God has given us wisdom for the journey. Parenting Is Hard is for parents, grandparents, future parents, and anyone helping shape the next generation as we learn to build strong relationships, lead with purpose, and point the children in our lives toward their Heavenly Father. Message 2 in the series "Parenting Is Har...

Parenting is hard, and unfortunately, none of us gets it right all the time. But God has given us wisdom for the journey. Parenting Is Hard is for parents, grandparents, future parents, and anyone helping shape the next generation as we learn to build strong relationships, lead with purpose, and point the children in our lives toward their Heavenly Father.

Your faith was never meant to stop with you. Jesus calls us to follow Him—and then help another one follow Him too. In this series, we’ll discover how ordinary people can make an eternal difference through intentional relationships, everyday conversations, and a willingness to invest our lives in others. Because following Jesus isn’t just about becoming a disciple. It’s about becoming a disciple m...

Your faith was never meant to stop with you. Jesus calls us to follow Him—and then help another one follow Him too. In this series, we’ll discover how ordinary people can make an eternal difference through intentional relationships, everyday conversations, and a willingness to invest our lives in others. Because following Jesus isn’t just about becoming a disciple. It’s about becoming a disciple m...

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Tony of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 5 — practical biblical wisdom for what faith truly looks like when the fires of life come raging.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Tony of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 5 — practical biblical wisdom for what faith truly looks like when the fires of life come raging.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Tony of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 4 — practical biblical wisdom for what faith truly looks like when the fires of life come raging.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Tony of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 3 — practical biblical wisdom for facing trials with joy, asking God for wisdom, resisting temptation, and trusting the goodness of God in every season.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Tony of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 3:1-12 — practical biblical wisdom for facing trials with joy, asking God for wisdom, resisting temptation, and trusting the goodness of God in every season.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Dusty of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 2:14-26 — practical biblical wisdom for facing trials with joy, asking God for wisdom, resisting temptation, and trusting the goodness of God in every season.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Dave of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 1:1–18 — practical biblical wisdom for facing trials with joy, asking God for wisdom, resisting temptation, and trusting the goodness of God in every season.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Dave of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 1:18-27 — practical biblical wisdom for facing trials with joy, asking God for wisdom, resisting temptation, and trusting the goodness of God in every season.

What if trials could actually produce something good in you? In this opening message from our summer sermon series through the book of James, Pastor Dave of Centerville Grace Church unpacks James 1:1–18 — practical biblical wisdom for facing trials with joy, asking God for wisdom, resisting temptation, and trusting the goodness of God in every season.

“How Do You Talk With God?” is a practical and encouraging sermon series exploring the heart of prayer. Each week unpacks how to approach God with honesty, confidence, and faith, whether you’re new to prayer or looking to deepen your spiritual life. Through biblical teaching and relatable insights, this series helps demystify prayer and make it a natural, daily conversation with God. Discover how...

“How Do You Talk With God?” is a practical and encouraging sermon series exploring the heart of prayer. Each week unpacks how to approach God with honesty, confidence, and faith, whether you’re new to prayer or looking to deepen your spiritual life. Through biblical teaching and relatable insights, this series helps demystify prayer and make it a natural, daily conversation with God. Discover how...

“How Do You Talk With God?” is a practical and encouraging sermon series exploring the heart of prayer. Each week unpacks how to approach God with honesty, confidence, and faith, whether you’re new to prayer or looking to deepen your spiritual life. Through biblical teaching and relatable insights, this series helps demystify prayer and make it a natural, daily conversation with God. Discover how...

“How Do You Talk With God?” is a practical and encouraging sermon series exploring the heart of prayer. Each week unpacks how to approach God with honesty, confidence, and faith, whether you’re new to prayer or looking to deepen your spiritual life. Through biblical teaching and relatable insights, this series helps demystify prayer and make it a natural, daily conversation with God. Discover how...

“How Do You Talk With God?” is a practical and encouraging sermon series exploring the heart of prayer. Each week unpacks how to approach God with honesty, confidence, and faith, whether you’re new to prayer or looking to deepen your spiritual life. Through biblical teaching and relatable insights, this series helps demystify prayer and make it a natural, daily conversation with God. Discover how...

This sermon series invites us to wrestle with one of the most profound and sobering realities of the Christian faith: eternity. Through Scripture, we will explore the breathtaking promise of heaven—a place of perfect peace, joy, and unbroken fellowship with God—while also confronting the stark and serious warnings about hell, a reality defined by separation from Him.