Centre Church

01/07/07 Norm Funk James 4:13-17 Sometimes being reminded of things you know is a good thing, especially as those reminders have to do with walking in a manner where God's direction is sought and Jesus' glory is the goal.

12/17/06 Norm Funk The doctrine of the virgin birth of Jesus is getting hammered both outside and inside the church - this sermon deals with the importance of God coming in the flesh and calling Himself Jesus.

12/03/06 Norm Funk Christmas isn't just the story of one birth - albeit, the birth of Jesus is the most important - but the story of two: Jesus' and John. In this passage we discover several keys for people to live out in preparation for this Christmas Season.

11/12/06 Norm Funk Mark 9:30-50 We continue on in our series of the book of Mark by considering the call to rid ourselves of all things that hinder our walk of Jesus.

11/05/06 Norm Funk Mark 9:14-29 Upon coming down from the mountain where He was transfigured Jesus walks right back into the

10/29/06 Norm Funk Mark 9:1-9:13 To be fair, many of the events that transpire in the gospel accounts are strangely beautiful but few, if any, are more so than the the event that records the transfiguration of Jesus. What's taking place in it, why does it take place and what is the call to the disciple of Christ - this message tackles those important questions.

10/22/06 Norm Funk Mark 8:1-9:1 Confession of Jesus as Christ necessitates discipleship - this message focuses on where discipleship begins and where it leads. It's all wrapped up in the cross.

10/15/06 Norm Funk Mark 8:27-30 Of all the things - miracles, deeds, teaching - of Jesus none tells us more about the character of God than the cross - this message focuses on some of the things learned about God through the crucifixion of Jesus.

10/15/06 Norm Funk Mark 8:27-30 Of all the things - miracles, deeds, teaching - of Jesus none tells us more about the character of God than the cross - this message focuses on some of the things learned about God through the crucifixion of Jesus.

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09/24/06 Norm Funk Mark 8:10-30 We reach the climax in the book of Mark in this text. Everything in the ministry of Jesus to this point sets the stage for the question that is posed at the end of this text -

Well-ness 09/10/06 Norm Funk One of the core values of Westside Church is that it models the life of Jesus - in word, deed, discipleship, ministry and so on. The ecounter that Jesus has with a Samaritan woman at the well, recorded in John 4, serves as a model for ministry, a model that all followers of Christ - both individually and corporately - need to embody in their own journeys of ministry an...

09/10/06 Norm Funk Mark 7:24-8:9

09/03/06 Norm Funk Mark 7:1-23

08/27/06 Norm Funk Whether it's the feeding of the 5000 or the healing of a leper or the raising of the dead the miracles of Jesus, in and of themselves, stand alone as divine moments. However, if all we do is see them as stand-alone events we miss something significant - every one of them adds further insight into the character and nature of Jesus, none more so than the miracle of Jesus walk...

08/20/06 Norm Funk There are many great events recorded in the Bible yet there are some that even stand out among them - the feeding of the 5000 by Jesus is a part of that group. However, the greatness of the event doesn't just lie in the fact that Jesus could feed a lot of people with little to work with, the greatness of the passage lies with what Jesus was signifying in the act: that He is...

08/06/06 Norm Funk Ironically, part of Jesus' attractiveness - the fact that God came down and fleshed Himself up and dwelt with humanity - is also the most troublesome for some. For many who encountered Jesus during His earthly minstry they couldn't get past the idea that Jesus looked very much like one of them - a carpenter, Mary's son, a citizen of the podunk town of Nazareth - a...

07/30/06 Norm Funk The topic of 'death' is not an easy nor fun one to discuss. Death is a somber, resisted, even - until it's too late - ignored subject. Part of the reason for that is understandable - death separates us from the people that we love. However, in this passage Jesus demonstrates His power and victory over death painting a picture that promises that, although death may...

07/23/06 Norm Funk In Mark's gospel, crowds are rarely depicted as good things. Crowds kept people from Jesus, crowds were places where people could take in the show without having to step up and follow. This message highlights how a woman, driven by her issues, breaks free from the masses and reaches out and touches Jesus, a touch that changed her both physically and spiritually.

07/16/06 Norm Funk Ever felt that you were too far gone for God or, at the very least, felt that God had no desire to use you for His purposes? How about feeling that God had a call on your life but constant opposition kept on presenting one obstacle after another? This message focuses on the superiority of Jesus over the demonic and how a life, no matter how depraved and lost, when transformed by...

07/09/06 Norm Funk Scripture often likens us to sheep and like all sheep we need a shepherd - Jesus stated that He was our Good Shepherd. This walk through Psalm 23 focuses on how we are like sheep and why we need a Shepherd. This mesage was preached in light of some extremely difficult events in the lives of a precious family of Westside Church.

07/02/06 We all face doubt. In this passage John the Baptist provides a great example with how to deal with even the most profound of doubts. In turn, Jesus' response to him is not so much an answer as an invitation to see God work.

Abba 06/18/06 Norm Funk This message given on Father's Day highlights some key truths that we learn about our heavenly Father as seen in the parable of the lost son.

05/14/06 Norm Funk