Centre Church

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: August 2, 2015 Text: John 8:58 In this series we will ask one primary question, 'Who is Jesus?' We'll start by taking a look at a few kinds of answers that exist for that question and we will close with a call to respond to Jesus' own answer.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: July 26, 2015 Text: James 5:13-20 As we come to the end of the book of James we will be reminded that every man and woman who has received the grace of God has been called to live as a conduit of it into the lives of those around them.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: July 19, 2015 Text: James 5:7-12 As we begin wrapping up our series James calls us to patience but patience towards what? This sermon delves into that question as James reveals three categories that require our ongoing patience.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: July 12, 2015 Text: James 5:1-6 Few topics are more sensitive to delve into than the topic of money and wealth. Yet, ironically, few things are addressed more frequently and prove to be more dangerous to one's faith than money and wealth. In this message we ask four questions to help us consider how our faith is interacting with the riches around us.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: July 5, 2015 Text: James 4:13-17 As we have seen throughout this series, the theme of James is faith working itself out. In this message James reveals how our faith should interact and respond to God's will.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: June 28, 2015 Text: James 4:11-12 Few instructions are more misunderstood and ignored than the call to judge. In this message we look at what right judging looks like and the warning against the opposite.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: June 21, 2015 Text: James 4:1-10 As we enter chapter 4 James addresses the main causes for relational discord and the reasons and the remedy for lives that have veered off course.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: June 14, 2015 Text: James 3:13-18 In today's passage James doubles back to the topic of wisdom and answers the questions: what wisdom is, what wisdom isn't and what wisdom produces in us.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: June 7, 2015 Text: James 3:1-12 There is no letter in the Bible that addresses the power of the tongue - positively and negatively - more than James does. In this message we explore the three things the tongue enables and why not many of us should become teachers.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: May 31 Text: James 2:14-26 As we come to the end of chapter two James will drive the main point of the chapter home with a discussion on the relationship between faith and works.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: May 24, 2015 Text: James 2:1-13 Why is partiality and favoritism wrong? In this message we delve into the question and and answer it in view of the gospel.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: May 17, 2015 Text: James 1:26-27 As we come to the end of chapter one James will continue with the theme of spiritual self-deception. In these two verses he will lay out three practical evidences of whether the faith one professes is worthless or pure and undefiled before God.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: May 10, 2015 Text: James 1:19-25 As people who have been born again how do we then live? In this message James calls us to hear, heed and hold on to the Word and by so doing live a life that is pleasing to God.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: May 3, 2015 Text: James 1:12-18 Although trials and tests come by way of God and are for our benefit they bring with them the temptation to resist and sin. This message addresses the root of temptation and how to resist them when they arise.

Speaker: John Piper Date: April 26, 2015 Text: Romans 8:18-25

As we continue in our series through the book of James we are going to get some practical help with the exhortation given to us in the first four verses. Namely, how can we count it all joy when we face trials of various kinds?

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: April 12, 2015 Text: James 1:1-4 In this kick off message to this series we look at what real faith looks like when confronted with trials and tests.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: April 5, 2015 Text: Philippians 2:1-11 In this final message of this series we look at the reward, response and reason for the exaltation of Jesus.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: April 3, 2015 Text:Philippians 2:1-11 On Good Friday we remember the death of Jesus and its implications in our lives by turning our attention to a hymn of the early Church in Philippians 2.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: March 29, 2015 Text: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58 In this final message coming out of I Corinthians 15 we look at how Paul addresses some final resistance regarding the resurrection and by so doing discover how the resurrection of Jesus, and ours thereafter, strengthens us for life now. How are the dead raised, with what type of body do they come? These are the questions Paul an...

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: March 22, 2015 Text: 1 Corinthians 15:35-49 How are the dead raised, with what type of body do they come? These are the questions Paul answers in this section of I Corinthians 15, while warning us against earthly presumptions and presuppositions.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: March 15, 2015 Text: 1 1 Corinthians 15:20-35 In this week's text Paul moves from the negative to the positive and reveals how the resurrection of Jesus serves us in three dramatic ways.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: March 3,2015 Text: 1 Corinthians 15:11-19 As we continue unpacking 1 Corinthians 15 we will begin to see exactly why the physical resurrection of Jesus as a guarantee of our own is such a critical component of the gospel.

Speaker: Norm Funk Date: March 1, 2015 Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 This message kicks off a series on the resurrection and focuses on the evidence of the resurrection and the role it plays in the larger gospel message.

Speaker: Matt Menzel Date: February 22, 2015 As we close our series looking at the person and work of the Holy Spirit we will take some time to unpack the Holy Spirit as guide and empowerer. What does it look like to be empowered by the Spirit? How does that affect our lives? And how can we know if we are truly being led and empowered by Him?