Central Community Church | Sermon Audio

Scripture: Acts 9:32-43 Pentecost Sunday transforms the way that we are called to follow Jesus because we are empowered to imitate his example. Peter shows us how we rely on the Holy Spirit in our ministry and the goal of using our spiritual gifts for the glory of God.

Scripture: Acts 9:19-31 When someone experiences a radical physical transformation, they often look completely different - sometime even unrecognizable. Likewise, when a person encounters Christ (as Saul did), they are radically changed! Do our lives reflect this change? What is the evidence of a changed life?

Scripture: Acts 9:1-19 What transpires in our text is the most famous conversion story in all of church history. While Saul's conversion and commissioning are unique, there is still a great deal for all of us to learn by studying his.

Scripture: Acts 8:26-40 Philip shifts from mass evangelism in Samaria to personal evangelism on a desert road. We learn a lot about sharing the gospel with others through his example.

Scripture: Acts 8:9-25 If our enemy can't divide, discourage or destroy the church through ravaging persecution, he will switch strategies and employ distraction. As the early church faced a threat of distraction that had the potential to derail it from its message (The Gospel) and its mission (The Great Commission), the apostles Peter & John stepped in to make sure the church would stay on tr...

Scripture: Acts 8:1-8 The mission of the church continues (and even thrives) when it is forced to scatter due to persecution. This reality isn't isolated to Acts 8. It has played out throughout church history and into our present day. The question for us is, are we leveraging this moment of scattering for the gospel and allowing it to press us further into the mission of the church?

Scripture: Acts 7:1-8:1 The first martyr of the church shows us not only what it looks like to boldly face even death without wavering, but also what a commitment to the gospel looks like in showing mercy. Stephen prayed for the forgiveness of his enemies as we have been forgiven by God.

Scripture: Romans 8:18-30 Today we celebrate Easter! And the resurrection and glorification that Jesus experienced is promised to all who believe in His name! Our text tells us that those 'whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.' While our salvation culminates in our future glorification, Paul writes it in the p...

Scripture: Romans 5:12-21 Anthropologist Geoffrey Gorer wrote that ?"in contemporary culture death has replaced sex as the new unmentionable". By and large we don't talk about death or see death, and yet we all still die. But when Jesus died in our place it changed our relationship with death forever. We need not treat death as the new unmentionable but rather as a beautiful aspect of our salvatio...

Scripture: Romans 8:31-39 Running the race of faith in Jesus requires perseverance. What assurances and resources do we have from God that will help us finish the race strong? The Bible gives us wonderful encouragements and important warnings for the journey ahead.

Romans 6:12-6:19 | Sanctification is the process by which we grow in holiness? becoming more Christlike? throughout our lives. Unlike some other aspects of salvation (eg. God elects, God regenerates our hearts, God justifies us), we play an active role with God in our sanctification. So while we won't be perfect this side of heaven, the Christian life is nonetheless marked by growth in holiness an...

Adoption is one of the most beautiful examples of how the love of God takes us from being strangers to being members of his family. We are given a new place to belong, the assurance of being his own and all the privileges of being part of his family.

Romans 3:21-3:26 | Justification and condemnation (its opposite) are legal terms. Both are pronouncements of a judge. Romans 1-3:20 reveals that we all stand condemned before God. That is our reality and it is just. Then in Romans 3:21 we discover that through the inexplicable kindness of God, we are justified (given a new status, right legal standing with God) by grace alone, in Christ alone, and...

Romans 10:9-10:13 | Conversion is our willing response to the call of the gospel. Conversion means ?"turning" and has two united but distinct aspects: Turning from sin (repentance) and turning to Christ (faith). Apart from turning in these ways we cannot be saved. This sermon unpacks what conversion is and gives some important and glorious implications of it.

Romans 8:7-8:11 | Apart from a new heart we could not respond to the message of the Gospel in repentance and faith but would remain enslaved to depravity, sin, and death. God's grace is so impressive that He chooses to transform our hearts so that we may become children of God through the work of the Holy Spirit. Is in this act of regeneration that we can clearly see that Salvation belongs to the...

Romans 10:14-10:17 | The proclamation of, and response to, the gospel message - known as The Gospel Call - is a critical component in the process of salvation. No one can experience God's salvation in Christ, through faith, without hearing the voice of God's Spirit directly to their heart, nor without hearing the word of Christ from a faithful proclaimer of the Good News.

Ephesians 1:3-1:6 | As we embark on a sermon series on the Order of Salvation we begin with the most contentious doctrine of them all, election. The doctrine of election opens up a pandora's box of follow up questions, which is why many Christians (and preachers for that matter) avoid it entirely. Yet the Apostle Paul seems to be summoning our hearts to praise God precisely because He chose us in...

Sharing our faith can be intimidating. It takes courage to share what you believe and take to stand for the gospel. We need to learn to rely on the Holy Spirit to help us as we share the good news of Jesus.

Acts 6:1-6:7 | Since the devil failed to thwart the church through persecution and corruption, he now tries distraction. Through divinely-directed delegation by the Apostles ? and the first glimpse of the Office of Deacon taking shape ? the church went from distraction and potential division to deployment in their service to God. And the mission advanced.

Acts 5:12-5:42 | The apostles performed miracles, proclaimed the gospel, went to prison, took a beating and rejoiced all along the way. Why?

Acts 5:1-5:11 | No one is perfect and we are all sinners, so is sin really a big deal? We can be tempted to downplay the frightening reality of sin but passages like these don't let us think that way. When we realize the weight of our sin, we will see the greatness of Jesus even clearer!

Acts 4:32-4:37 | Our God of abundance leads his people to live with abundant generosity.

Ephesians 3:20-3:21 | 2020 marked Central's 75th Anniversary. To celebrate, Pastor Matt reflects on evidences of God's grace toward us throughout the years.

Isaiah 9:2-9:2 | If Jesus came 2000 years ago, why is there still so much darkness in our lives and world? This Christmas we reflect on the significance of the light that has dawned.

Isaiah 9:6-9:6 | While most people would say that experiencing peace means eliminating things from your life, it actually has more to do with what you incorporate into your life! By putting Jesus at the center, and by ?"clothing ourselves" with His attitudes and actions, we can experience the incredible peace that God intends for our lives.