Sunday Sermons

Grave Robbers Week #4 Called to Life John 11:33-44 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. 34 “Where have you put him?” he asked them. They told him, “Lord, come and see.” John 11:33-34 Jesus feels what we feel No one suffers alone Then Jesus wept. 36 The people who were standing nearby said, “See how much...

Grave Robbers Week 3 Buried Faith John 11:17-34 When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. 18  Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem, 19  and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss. 20  When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house   John 11:1...

Grave Robbers Week #2 A Simple Yet Difficult Step John 11:7-16 No matter your situation,  Jesus has no limitations Everyone has a next step. And that next step is always the right step Finally, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”   John 11:7 The next step may be simple, but it’s not easy But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the people in Judea were t...

Grave Robbers Week #1 No Limitations John 11:1-6 Lord, I can’t see you, so help me to trust you A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 2 This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick. 3 So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear frien...

4/25/21 What’s the Point? 2 Corinthians 5:17-20, Romans 8:28-30, 1 Peter 4:10-11, 1 Corinthians 7:17, 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not...

The Greatest Upset Exodus 14:5-31 1. How quick we are to forget what God has done and demonstrated. 5 When word reached the king of Egypt that the Israelites had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds. “What have we done, letting all those Israelite slaves get away?” they asked. 6 So Pharaoh harnessed his chariot and called up his troops. 7 He took with him 600 of Egypt’s best chariot...

Planks and Specks Week #5 Don’t Walk the Plank I Kings 19:1-18 Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to...

Planks and Specks - Week #4 Two Planks and 3 Nails - Easter 2021 Mark 16:1-6 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.  Mark 16:1 The only way to deal with doubt is to get it out God’s love does not depend on our performance Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on thei...

Planks and Specks Week #3 You Mad Bro? Luke 15:25-32 Angry people always miss out on the work that God is doing in the world and the work that He wants to do in them.   Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. 27 ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has k...

Planks and Specks: Week #1 Don’t be Judgy Matthew 7:1-6 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. Matthew 7:1 Two reasons people judge others: 1. They are jealous 2. They are self-righteous Judgment = when you size somebody up and then you write them off Self-righteous people are rarely self-aware people “ Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be...

Planks and Specks: Week #1 Don’t be Judgy Matthew 7:1-6 Do not judge, or you too will be judged. Matthew 7:1 Two reasons people judge others: 1. They are jealous 2. They are self-righteous Judgment = when you size somebody up and then you write them off Self-righteous people are rarely self-aware people “ Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be...

From Wounds to Wins Week #5 Hiding Never Leads to Healing Luke 10:25-37 Prayer is not for us to change God, but for God to change us Jesus, teach me to see people as you see people On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?” 27 He answered, “‘Love the L...

From Wounds to Wins week #4 Healing Can Be Messy Mark 8:22-26 1.  Who do I need to bring to Central Church? They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him Mark 8:22 People who were not welcomed at the temple were always welcome by Jesus. 2.  What work does Jesus want to do in me? He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he h...

From Wounds to Wins: Week #3 - 2/21/21 Message in the Mess Acts 13, 2 Samuel 11, Philippians 1, 2 Corinthians 12 1. You might be In a Mess, but you are Not a Mess “After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the...

From Wounds to Wins week #2 I Still Love You Proverbs 17:17 - Social media has not changed us, it has exposed us.   Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.  Matthew 22:37-39 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is bo...

From Wounds to Wins - Week #1 Healing is a Process Ezekiel 37:1-10 3 types of pain: 1. Physical 2. Emotional 3. Spiritual The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry.  Ezekiel 37:1-2...

Don't Miss the Love No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it. 1 Corinthians 10:13 “‘ Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord. Leviticus 19:28 The Bible is equally inspir...

Don’t Miss This: Week #4 Pop Quiz 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 2 Reasons we consider something a “pet sin” a. Because I don’t struggle with it b. It allows me to deflect when I need to reflect Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor d...

Don't Miss This - Week 3 - 1/17/21 WHO’S YOUR LEADER? After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” -Mark 1:14-15 NIV When we Repent Jesus invites us to change our lives in order to change our Direction. If you want to change your mind  If you want to ch...

Don’t Miss This: Week #2 The Dangers of Self-Righteousness Unfortunately, Christians are known more for their lectures than their love Self-righteousness will sabotage our influence in the world.  There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. Job 1:1 One day the members of the heavenly court came t...

Don’t Miss This - Week #1 A Place Where Change Takes place and Purpose Comes Alive Matthew 14:13-21 Central exists to be a place where the un-churched and the de-churched love to attend. 13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compass...

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Christmisfits Week #3 Misfits in the Field Luke 2:8-20 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. Luke 2:8 The Shepherds were messy The Shepherds were lonely The Shepherds were uncertain 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afr...

Pastor Ryan shared that only Jesus can change people in his 2nd message of the Christmisfits series.

Christmisfits Week #1 All Alone with My Doubt Luke 1:26-38 Don't doubt in the darkness what God has declared in the light In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are high...