The Central Moment

Two mountains, two covenants, two realities--with the dividing line being Jesus himself! His Kingdom cannot be shaken and he invites us to live worshipfully and securely in him.

The Ten Commandments center around loving God and loving others. They embody a timeless moral code that serves to protect our marriages, our property, our dignity, our reputations and our lives.

In a culture that has replaced honoring others with self-preoccupation, God’s principles for thriving and prospering have not changed. And in God’s sight, it all starts with our parents!

Exhaustion, sleep-deprivation and stress are all marks of contemporary life. No wonder the God who created us also paced us -- not only in our lifestyles but also in our whole understanding of how to relate to him.

There is one thing in life that is more important than anything else. That priority is the reference point for all of living and the doorway to living it fully.

Good Friday was only ‘good’ because Jesus did something for us that we could not do for ourselves. He became the sacrifice for our sin and, in doing so, he defeated the very power of sin itself. We can be truly free!

Grace is given to every person who trusts in Christ -- grace not just to forgive us but grace to empower us to serve in partnership with Christ. It all flows out of what happened at Easter!

Every one of us needs prayer. We take responsibility for having prayer partners in our lives who intercede specifically and often for us. But there is another who intercedes for us at the right hand of God -- Jesus himself!

The power of the Holy Spirit in our lives is often characterized as ‘living water.’ There is nothing like the moving of the Holy Spirit’s power in our lives. Because Jesus was struck at the Cross, ‘living water’ flows to us!

What can truly satisfy our empty souls and address our spiritual hunger? Only our Creator who sent his Son, Jesus, to be the ‘bread of life’ -- broken on the Cross and multiplied to us in resurrection power.

On this Good Friday we remember , we repent and we receive . We receive all that God has for us—his loving grace, his freeing power and hope from him for resurrection renewal. We invite you to join us in-person or online at centralassembly.tv for our Good Friday service, this evening at 7:00pm.

Dr. Jim Bradford is joined by world-renowned scholar and professor of Early Judaism and Christian Origins, Dr. Wave Nunnally, to give historical and scriptural context to Jesus's final week on earth. Join us for a special edition of The Central Moment each day this week as we lead up to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday... and be sure to attend Walk The Last Week With Jesus, an immersive ex...

Dr. Jim Bradford is joined by world-renowned scholar and professor of Early Judaism and Christian Origins, Dr. Wave Nunnally, to give historical and scriptural context to Jesus's final week on earth. Join us for a special edition of The Central Moment each day this week as we lead up to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday... and be sure to attend Walk The Last Week With Jesus, an immersive ex...

Dr. Jim Bradford is joined by world-renowned scholar and professor of Early Judaism and Christian Origins, Dr. Wave Nunnally, to give historical and scriptural context to Jesus's final week on earth. Join us for a special edition of The Central Moment each day this week as we lead up to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday... and be sure to attend Walk The Last Week With Jesus, an immersive ex...

Dr. Jim Bradford is joined by world-renowned scholar and professor of Early Judaism and Christian Origins, Dr. Wave Nunnally, to give historical and scriptural context to Jesus's final week on earth. Join us for a special edition of The Central Moment each day this week as we lead up to Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday... and be sure to attend Walk The Last Week With Jesus, an immersive ex...

Spiritual victories are sealed through praise. We praise God in faith before the victories and we give God glory after the victories. In this way, faith grows and victories multiply.

Spiritual warfare is very real. Demonic powers seek to defeat the followers of Christ. But just like Moses stretched out his hand and parted the sea, another stretched out his hands and defeated the Devil.

Sometimes we need people to have our back. We feel vulnerable and unable to defend ourselves. But no one has our back like the Lord! He makes a way where there is no way.

Sometimes all we can do is be still, right our attitudes and trust God to be our victory.  In the short term we don’t always understand what God is doing, but he always has the big picture of his glory in view.

Does God harden people’s hearts and then judge them for having hard hearts? It may appear like God did exactly that with Pharaoh, but there is always more to the story.

From plagues to Passover -- when Pharaoh resisted, God took over! Never be discouraged or give up. Jesus is your saving deliverer!

The seven “I Will’s” of God in Exodus 6 are a powerful guide to praying God’s will over our lives. In Christ, each one of God’s “I Will’s” is fulfilled and available to us.

Who are we to tell God that he is not strong enough to compensate for our weaknesses? May our insecurities not get in God’s way. He loves people so much that he is even willing to use us!

A life of faith is a life of obedience and risk-taking. But the Lord promises that wherever faith takes us, he will be to us all that we need. He is “I Am!”

The seasons of our lives have purpose. They strategically shape us so that we can make a difference in our world. And it is God himself who is sovereign over those seasons!