Central Bearden - Sermons

Continuing our series in Matthew. Week 3: "Christ the Healer" on Matthew 8:14-17. September 19, 2021. Wade Bibb. Jesus Heals Many 14  When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever. 15  He touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got up and began to wait on him. 16  When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to h...

Continuing our series in Matthew. Week 2: "A Leper and the Touch of Jesus" on Matthew 8:1-4. September 12, 2021. Wade Bibb. Jesus Heals a Man With Leprosy When Jesus came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him.   A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing...

Beginning our series in Matthew. Week 1: "Deliver Us, O Lord" on Matthew 4:1-11, 6:13. September 5, 2021. Jim Henry Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-11  Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.   After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become b...

Closing our series in Colossians. Week 9: "Watching and Praying Together" on Colossians 4:2-18. August 29, 2021. Wade Bibb. 2  Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3  And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4  Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 ...

Continuing our series in Colossians. Week 8: "Christian Households" on Colossians 3:18 - 4:1. August 15, 2021. Wade Bibb. 18  Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19  Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. 20  Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21  Fathers, do not embitter your children, or th...

August 15, 2021 | Jim Henry, Executive Pastor, teaches on Matthew 5:6 Matthew 5:6 [NIV] Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Continuing our series in Colossians. Week 7: "Old Clothes and New Clothes" on Colossians 3:5-17. August 8, 2021. Wade Bibb. 5  So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. 6  Because of these sins, the ang...

Continuing our series in Colossians. Week 6: "Dying and Rising with Jesus" on Colossians 2:20 - 3:4. August 1, 2021. Wade Bibb. [NLT] " 20  You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world, such as, 21  “Don’t handle! Don’t taste! Don’t touch!”? 22  Such rules are mere human teachings a...

Continuing our series in Colossians. Week 5: "Red Light, Green Light" on Colossians 2:8-19. July 25, 2021. Wade Bibb. [NLT] " 8  Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. 9  For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. 10  So you a...

20210718 - Message by Wade Bibb - Focusing on Jesus - Colossians 2_1-7 Continuing our series in Colossians. Week 4: "Focusing on Jesus" on Colossians 2:1-7. July 18, 2021. Wade Bibb. [NLT] "I want you to know how much I have agonized for you and for the church at Laodicea, and for many other believers who have never met me personally. 2  I want them to be encouraged and knit together by stron...

Continuing our series in Colossians. Week 3: "Celebrate Jesus" on Colossians 1:21-29. July 11, 2021. Wade Bibb. [NLT] "This includes you who were once far away from God. You were his enemies, separated from him by your evil thoughts and actions.   Yet now he has reconciled you to himself through the death of Christ in his physical body. As a result, he has brought you into his own presence, a...

Continuing our series in Colossians. Week 2: "Hymn to Christ" on Colossians 1:15-20. July 4, 2021. Wade Bibb. "Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thrones, kingdoms, rule...

Guest Speaker, Commander Nathan Solomon, speaks on Luke 12:35-40 in his message "Ready for the Fight." June 27, 2021 Commander Nathan Solomon is a member of Central Baptist Church of Bearden and a CBF-endorsed Navy Chaplain. He is a native of Maryville, TN and a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, and Union Presbyterian Seminary. He has served as a Na...

In this first week of our summer series, "Colossians - Rediscovering Jesus," Dr. Wade Bibb teaches on Colossians 1:1-14. June 20, 2021

Dr. Ryan Stokes from Carson-Newman University teaches on "The Great Constitution" (Matthew 28:16-20).  Jesus defines what the church is supposed to be - and Dr. Stokes explains it in terms we can understand (subscription services!) Who can be a member, what do you have to do to become a member, what are responsibilities of being a member, and what are the benefits of being a member?

This week's message and scripture leads us into our VBS Theme "You Are Treasured!" The scripture comes from Psalm 139:1 & 4 "You have searched me, Lord, and you know me...Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely." Psalm 139:1,4 Date: June 6, 2021 Speaker: Wade Bibb Title: You Are Treasured! Scripture: Psalm 139:1, 4

May 30, 2021 Speaker: David Crocker, Operation Inasmuch Scripture: Exodus 4

Pentecost Sunday | May 23, 2021 Wade Bibb John 20:19-23

Date: May 16, 2021 Title: Psalm 47 Scripture: Psalm 47 Speaker: Wade Bibb Series: Psalms of Eastertide

Date: May 9, 2021 Title: Living the Summoned Life Scripture: Ecclesiastes 3:9-13 and Luke 9:62 Speaker: Greg DeLoach, McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University

May 5, 2021 | As part of our Remove the Risk Initiative, we have invited Jessica Stanley to provide training on NARCAN - a life-saving Nasal Spray that reverses an opioid overdose. Jessica currently serves as the Knox County Regional Overdose Prevention Specialist. She provides educational training on the administration of Naloxone, reducing stigma and harm reduction. Jessica is an overdose surviv...

Date: May 2, 2021 Scripture: Psalm 22:25-31 Speaker: Wade Bibb Series: Psalms of Eastertide

April 28, 2021 | As part of our Remove the Risk Initiative, we have invited Jason Goodman of the Metro Drug Coalition to speak on addiction recover and resources in our community for individuals or loved ones who are struggling with opioid misuse and addiction.

April 25, 2021 | Continuing our "Psalms of Eastertide" series with Psalm 23. Featuring an interview with Dr. Stephen Lloyd on opioid misuse, addiction, and recovery as part of our "Remove the Risk" initiative. 

April 21, 2021 Chapter 10: A Disturbing End Judges 17-21