Centre Church

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: June 4, 2017 Text: Matthew 14:13-21 Pre-resurrection there were few events, if any, that displayed the messiahship of Jesus more than the feeding of the 5000. In this message we highlight four aspects from it that we are NOT to see. Yes, you read that right - in this great event there are four things revealed that we are NOT to see.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: May 28, 2017 Text: Matthew 14:1-12 In this sermon we will be introduced to Herod the Tetrarch as he comes in contact with the mighty works of Jesus. What Herod does with Jesus is a sobering warning about the attempts we make to create God in our image rather than letting God be God.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: May 21, 2017 Text: Matthew 13:53-58 In colleges and universities around North America, homecoming is a big deal met with much fanfare. Not so with Jesus. In this message we journey with Jesus back to His hometown of Nazareth where He is received, not with applause, but offence and wilful disbelief.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: May 14, 2017 Text: Matthew 13:44-52 What does the "good life" look like to you? To borrow from James K. A. Smith, what does human flourishing encompass? In this message Jesus, through His ongoing use of parables, reveals the worth, value and all-encompassing nature of the kingdom of heaven and why it's worthy giving up everything for.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: May 7, 2017 Text: Matthew 13:24-43 In this sermon we will unpack three more parables of Jesus in an effort to discover what they teach us about the Kingdom of God.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: April 30, 2017 Text: Matthew 13:1-23 Few things are more associated with Jesus than His parables. This message addresses what parables are, the role they serve, and why they are important. Additionally, what do we need to discover in the parable of the Sower, specifically, what makes someone 'good soil'?

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: April 23, 2017 Text: Matthew 12:38-50 Hard heartedness is a topic that comes up often in the Bible. It's seen prominently with Pharaoh but continues on with the disciples and the Pharisees thereafter. What are the earmarks of hardheartedness - especially the more subtle ones - and how do we overcome it? That's what this sermon addresses.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: April 16, 2017 Text: Matthew 28 In this sermon we will take some time to look at the difference between holding to the resurrection of Jesus as theory versus reality. What does it mean to walk in the power of the resurrection today? And what differences should we be expecting this to make in our lives?

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: April 14, 2017 Text: Matthew 27:15-26 In this Good Friday message we dive into the exchange of Jesus for Barabbas and consider how we too are like Pilate, the Crowd and Barabbas himself and therefore, how we all need Jesus.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: April 9, 2017 Text: Matthew 21:1-11 On this Palm Sunday we enter Jerusalem with Jesus - for the first time in Matthew - and consider deeply those characteristics of Jesus that Matthew emphasizes.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: April 2, 2017 Text: Matthew 12:33-37 In last week's passage we were witness to the most horrific words ever uttered: Jesus does what He does by way of Satan. In this week's text Jesus sheds light on how our words not only bear witness to who we are but why we utter them in the first place.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: March 26, 2017 Text: Matthew 12:22-32 We are approaching a culminating point in Matthew where not only is Jesus' popularity reaching a zenith but so too is His opposition. In this message we tackle the accusation of the Pharisees who concluded that Jesus did what He did by the power of Satan and consider the relevance for us today.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: March 19, 2017 Text: Matthew 12:9-21 In this message Jesus continues to press in on the Pharisees view of the Sabbath - this time by way of healing a man with a withered hand. In this message we will also address the question of whether or not Christians are to keep the Sabbath today.

Speaker: Matthew Menzel Date: March 12, 2017 Text: Matthew 12:1-8 In this sermon we will look at the invitation Jesus extended to rest in Him. What does that actually mean? How do we do it? And what does it require to be a people defined by His rest instead of our work?

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: March 5, 2017 Text: Matthew 11:20-30 One of the sweetest invitations of Jesus is to "Come to Him." Why would we not? This message looks at some of the reasons for why many choose not to come to Jesus, the warning to those who don't, and what is promised to those who do.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: February 26, 2017 Text: Matthew 11:1-19 In this sermon we will examine the place of doubt in the Christian experience. As we walk through the text we'll look at where doubt comes from, the provision we've been given to walk through doubt, how God responds to us in our doubt, and finally the benefits that doubt has in the lives of Jesus' disciples.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: February 19, 2017 Text: Matthew 10:26-42 This message ends our study of Jesus' missionary discourse. In it we dig deep into how we can overcome our fear in the light of the promise that we will encounter trials and tribulation when we choose to bear witness of Jesus.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: February 12, 2017 Text: Matthew 10:16-25 In this sermon we will be unpacking three circumstances that Jesus promises His disciples will face. These aspects of calling will challenge our perception of who Jesus is, what it means to follow Him, and why He calls us to any of these things in the first place.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: February 5, 2017 Text: Matthew 10:5-15 In this text Jesus sends out His 12 with 11 instructions. In this message we take those 11 instructions, pare them down to five, and notice the things we share with the 12.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: January 29, 2017 Text: Matthew 10:1-4 At this stage in Matthew's gospel we move from the very public ministry of Jesus to Jesus calling, empowering and sending out His 12. All things prompted by Jesus' compassion towards to crowds.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: January 22, 2017 Text: Matthew 9:35-38 In this transition text Matthew sums up the ministry of Jesus in Galilee and shares three reasons for why Jesus had compassion for the crowds - reasons that should prompt our prayers for God to send more workers into His harvest.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: January 15, 2017 Text: Matthew 9:27-34 Over the past two chapters we have observed Jesus do and declare much. But what's to be our response to it all? This messages dives into the varied responses that people have to the life and ministry of Jesus.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: January 8, 2017 Text: Matthew 9:18-24 In this message Jesus is approached by a synagogue ruler and a woman, both living in a state of grave desperation. In His miraculous response to them Jesus reveals how we share their desperation but are offered the salvation and restoration they received too.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: January 1, 2017 Text: Matthew 6:9-13 In this New Year's Day sermon we will take some time to talk about prayer. Specifically, how God intends to use it as a transformative gift in our lives.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: December 24, 2016 Text: Matthew 2:1-11 On this Christmas Eve we look at how the responses of those to the arrival of Jesus 2000 years ago mirror those of many today - we oppose, we're indifferent or we pursue and worship Him.