Central Baptist Church - Dunn, NC

When Jesus was getting ready to depart from this world, He told the disciples that the Holy Spirit that He was sending would make it possible for them to live the Christian life. The same is true for us today. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares three simple truths, from John 15:1-10, which are essential for us to live the Christian life. Everything we do as Christians should flow out of these ABCs.

On the day of Pentecost, the life of the church that Christ had been forming through His earthly ministry came into physical existence. On the day of Pentecost, God gave the church the gift of the Holy Spirit. Listen as Pastor Cameron Cloud shares three things about Pentecost from Acts 1 and 2. Everything we need as individuals, and everything we do as a church, must be done in the power of the Ho...

Our lives are in the hands of a Master Craftsman. There are times in our lives when God will hold us over the hottest part of His flame to get the impurities out of our lives. This is what God did with Job as He refined him to reflect the image of God. Pastor Cameron Cloud concludes the series of sermons on Job with chapter 42, when Job confesses that he has not only heard about God, but now he kn...

Just when we start thinking that we know more than we do, God begins to humble us. He begins to remind us how little we know. This is what God did with Job in chapters 38-41. Job has heard from his friends, and now it is time to hear from God. Listen, as Pastor Cameron Cloud shares the source of our peace, our victory, our hope, and our answers, no matter what is happening in our lives.

What you are fervent and passionate about before suffering, will determine where your focus is when you are suffering. Job is passionate about his sense of righteousness, and Elihu has heard enough. Elihu has a passion for the glory and righteousness of God. Listen as Pastor Cameron Cloud shares three truths that Elihu draws our minds to, in Job 32-37. When our minds are fixed on God’s truth, and...

In the book of Job, chapters 4-31, Job is visited by three friends who are assessing Job’s life of suffering and offering their advice on why the suffering is happening. Over these chapters, as Job’s friends grew in intensity, they lessened in their civility. Pastor Cameron Cloud gives three applications in this sermon to show us how to help each other when suffering comes and how to stand firm in...

It is a fact, from scripture and from our own lives, that often our greatest victories are followed by some of our greatest defeats. In Job chapter 3, Job’s life changes from the greatest triumph of faith in human history to the darkest of times. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares truths on the reality of suffering and despair and how believers are to respond. God loves us and because of what Christ did...

Every person suffers and every person goes through varying degrees of suffering. Why do we suffer? Suffering comes as an opportunity for God to be glorified by our faith. This sermon by Pastor Cameron Cloud is the first in a series of sermons from the book of Job titled, “Consider Job.” Listen as Pastor Cameron shares truths about Job from chapters 1 and 2 and how Job worshiped God, because of who...

Celebrating atonement! Leviticus 16 deals with one primary event in the life of the people of Israel, the day of atonement. This was the day, once a year, when their sins were atoned. When Jesus died this was no longer necessary. Man could be restored in his relationship with God through the righteousness of Christ, our sacrifice. Listen as Pastor Cameron Cloud shares 2 important truths about the...

God wants us to be continually and constantly reminded of what He has done to free us, to deliver us, and to redeem us. He wants us to be continually and constantly reminded of what we have in Jesus. Listen to the first of three sermons celebrating the atonement by Pastor Cameron Cloud, and see the memorial that Israel has of a lamb that saved their lives, a lamb that was sacrificed, a lamb that w...

God’s heart is broken when we choose someone, or something else, above our love for Him. The book of Hosea is a living illustration, from the lives of Hosea and Gomer, of how God feels when His people rebel against Him as the people of Israel did. Pastor Tom Wagoner shares truths from Hosea 14 on how to come home to God and be fully surrendered to Him.

Believers need to wake up! We need God to shine His light on us to wake us up. We need to be spiritually renewed, revived, and awakened. We need to be an awake church full of awake believers. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares eight different commands, from Paul in Ephesians 5 and 6, on how to become an awake church.

We need God! In Micah chapter 7, Micah is at a place where he needs to hear from God. We are also at a place as individuals, as a church, as families, as a nation, where we need to hear from God. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares from Micah’s experience and how Micah’s experience can be our experience, as we prepare to hear from God. The Lord will hear!

There are many misconceptions about heaven. Heaven is a real place. Pastor Cameron Cloud preaches from Revelation 21:1-7 and focuses on why it matters that heaven is real and what the most glorious thing about heaven means for us right now in the way that we live and what we seek after. God is calling us to Himself.

Jesus had a great deal to say about hell. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares truths from scripture, focusing on the lives of Lazarus and the rich man in Luke 16:19-31, to draw our hearts and minds to a biblical truth about hell that Jesus preached and taught. These truths should point a person to Christ if they have never trusted Christ as Savior and give those who have trusted Christ as Savior an increa...

An encounter with God will make a difference in your life. Jacob had an encounter with God in Genesis 32:24-31 and would not let God go until God had blessed him. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares three ways an encounter with God will change your life. Because of these truths, we do not just know about God, we get to know God.

Prayer has power! Job 1:5 says that Job prayed continually for the spiritual well-being of his children. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares negatives to pray against and positives to pray for our children and encourages us to be faithful in praying for ALL children. God answers our prayers.

Your life has value. All people have value. The value of life is based on what God says about it in the Bible. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares from Acts 17:22-34 that life matters because it is a gospel matter. Life matters because it matters to God.

How closely are we listening to the Word of God? Matthew 4:1-20 is a parable that is key to understanding the teaching of Jesus and to understanding all parables. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares key elements from this parable to help us hear and receive the Word of God.

When Jesus comes, things change. Jesus demonstrates in scripture that there is nothing beyond his power. Pastor Cameron shares three things from the story of Bartimaeus in Mark 10:46-52, when Jesus passed by, and how Bartimaeus responded. Jesus can change our situations too when we come to Him in faith as Bartimaeus did.

We do not know what this year will hold or what threshold we will walk through, but we do know that God will step through it with us and be with us on the other side. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares from Numbers 13, three groups of people and how everyone falls into one of those groups. We are encouraged to be a part of the those in the group who are exalted above defeat, to go over the threshold, and...

When Christ was born the angels proclaimed, “on earth peace,” in Luke 2:14. The peace on earth that Christ brings far exceeds anything that this world has ever conceived. The peace that Christ brings, brings blessed peace for us now and one day will bring eternal peace when He comes again as Prince of Peace. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares two simple truths about the unfinished business of Christmas,...

Don’t miss the Holy Spirit in Christmas! Matthew 1:18 and 20 tells us that the baby Jesus was “of the Holy Ghost.” From the prediction of His birth to the actual process of His birth, the Holy Spirit was at work bringing Jesus Christ into this world. In order to understand the work of the Holy Spirit in Christmas, we need to understand His work leading up to it. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares four di...

“That it might be fulfilled” is an important phrase used throughout the gospel of Matthew as Matthew seeks to affirm the person of Jesus Christ and give assurance of the promises of God. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares truths that this important phrase, from Matthew 1:22, draws us to, about the promises of God.

Most of the Christian life is lived between promise and fulfillment. We know by faith the fulfillment is coming, but do we have the faith to trust God in the waiting? In Luke 2:6, the day had arrived for the birth of the promised Messiah, Jesus Christ. Pastor Cameron Cloud shares truths assuring us that when the days are accomplished, God will do what he has promised, and that we can trust Him in...