Centre Church

Speaker: Norm Funk 10.14.08 Text: Matthew 16:12-26 Summary: There's an expression that goes something like, "flattery won't get you anywhere." No truer than with Jesus. Many attempt to flatter Jesus with niceties regarding who He is, been that way for 2000 years. However, in this text Jesus is most concerned with His followers having a true understanding of His nature and His m...

Speaker: Daniel Mayrand 12.07.08

Speaker: Norm Funk 11.30.08 Text: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 Summary: Simply, this message deals with two major crises of our time: seeing Politicians as saviors and bowing to money as our god.

Speaker: Norm Funk 11/23/08 Text: Ecclesiastes 5:4-7 Summary: Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me. What a crock. Words hurt and therefore words are important. And no one takes what we say more strongly than God - why? - for words testify to our hearts.

Speaker: Norm Funk 11/16/08 Text: Ecclesiastes 5:1-3 Summary:Our world is loud and busy, we run and chase and go hard, all the time. And this pace of life and activity infiltrates our walk with Jesus. We throw up a couple of songs on a Sunday, say a couple of quick prayers, throw something into the jar and then go and get busy again. Is that what Jesus would have for us? Is that what He wants from...

Speaker: Norm Funk 11.09.08 Text: Exxlesaiastes 4 Summary: Ecclesiastes 4 continues with Solomon's evaluation of life lived

Speaker: Norm Funk 11.02.08 Text: Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 Summary: In chapters 3 and 4 of Ecclesiastes Solomon pushes back on his own evaluation of what he sees in life lived

Speaker: Norm Funk 10.26.08 Text: Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 Summary: Have you ever laughed at a funeral? Nobody would argue that laughing is a bad thing, it's just not appropriate, most times anyways, at a funeral. There's a right time - even the hard and trying - for everything. That's the theme of chapter three in Solomon's ongoing evaluation of life lived

Speaker: Norm Funk 10.19.08 Text: Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26 Summary: In the first part Ecclesiastes 1 Solomon lays out his conclusion of a life lived without God - it's all vanity. But, someone may ask, have you tried boozing it up or sleeping around. How about reading a good book or doing some nice things? Solomon's answer: I've tried them all and I've found them all lacking.

Speaker: Norm Funk 10.12.08 Text: Ecclesiastes 1:1-11 Summary: Is what you're doing going to matter a hundred years from now? In this new series on the book of Ecclesiastes that's the question Solomon, the writer, wrestles with.

Speaker: Norm Funk 10.05.08 Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11 Summary: In His high priestly prayer Jesus, in praying for us, said to His Father,

Speaker: Norm Funk 09.28.08 Text: Various, 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 Summary: In II Corinthians 5 Paul writes that we who have been reconciled to God have been entrusted with the message of reconciliation. The question is: how do we most powerfully and effectively proclaim that message? What we see in the early church of Acts is that it is through a community of reconciled people that the message of r...

Speaker: Norm Funk 09.21.08 Text: John 5:23,I John 2:23, Col. 1:19-2o, Col. 3:12-15, I John 4:11-12 Summary: A not so current yet still popular trend in the church today is the importance placed on community, almost to the point where community is held up to be the ultimate goal. But should it be? Or is there a purpose for community that goes far beyond the walls of the church?

Speaker: Norm Funk 09.14.08 Text: Various

Speaker: Norm Funk 08.31.08 Text: Genesis 3 and various Summary: Genesis 3 tells us that in the aftermath of Adam and Eve's sin in their shame and guilt they clothe themselves and hide from God, it's the first act of hypocrisy in the Scripture. The interesting thing is God comes along and takes away their clothing and gives Him His? Why? This message, which ends this series, addresses th...

Speaker: Norm Funk 08.24.08 Text: Micah Summary: The role and call of the prophet in the OT was a thankless one based on the fact that much of the time the people of God were living in sin and idolatry with God often having to call them to repentance with dire repercussions if they didn't. Micah was one such prophet but mixed into Micah's words of warning and calls to repentance was the...

Speaker: Norm Funk 08.17.08 Text: various texts Summary: Everyone worships, everyone. We may not worship the same thing but we all worship something or someone. God's highest aim is that all people worship or glorify Him as their greatest treasure, a call basking in the greatest gift that God could give us: Himself.

Speaker: Dave Ellis 08.10.08 Text: John 4:1-42 Summary: Have you ever wondered why many people avoid going below the surface in their every day relationships? Many of our relationships are lived out as surface relationships. Jesus took time and intentionally dived into the depths of peoples lives. By example He shows us how we can meet people as they are, and introduce them to Himself. Your callin...

Speaker: Kris Martens 08.03.08 Text: Book of Ruth Summary: One of the most beautiful short love stories in the bible, Ruth depicts God's hand of providence - working all things for His glory and our joy. Although if it were a film, it would likely be released as a 'chick flick' - it might better be presented as a hybrid of Rambo & Nacho Libre - because Boaz is one of the dudelie...

Speaker: Norm Funk Text: Various Summary: Why do bad things happen to good people? People ask the question, understandably, all the time. It's a question repeated often in the Psalms. The answer however is found in asking the question in the context of Jesus' life - not just a good man but an innocent one - who suffered in obedience to the point of death. And ultimately to what end - to...

One of the reasons for this series - Finding Jesus in the OT - is to help break the stereotype that many have regarding the Old Testament (

Speaker: Norm Funk 07.13.08 Text: Various texts Summary: Ever wondered why God does what He does? Who hasn't? In the story of Isaac - the son of promise, the son of impossibility - we get some insight to this oft asked question.

Speaker: Norm Funk 07.06.08 Summary: One of the clear teachings of Scripture pertaining to our walks of Jesus is that we are saved by faith - the Bible is clear from beginning to end in that regard. But what kind of faith? In the life of Abraham - the father of our faith - we discover that we are saved by a faith that perseveres.

Speaker: Kris Martens 06.29.08