This last weekend I had the privilege of teaching at all of Central’s services. I talked about people with faith that Jesus pointed out. I referenced these people as endangered species, since it seems that there was something remarkable about them in the way they stood out. This of course led to talk of the Dodo bird, which is fun to work into any message. It was based out of the accounts in the Gospel of Luke. I quoted a…

This weekend I preached on Ephesians 5:21-33 where Paul addresses husbands and wives. Verse 25 says, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” So, in the context of the Church, we are the bride and Christ is the husband. Now look at verse 33: “each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.” I think this verse shows the two…

Here are a couple of quotes I used this past weekend from Francis Chan’s book, the Forgotten God. “It is easy to use the phrase ‘God’s will for my life’ as an excuse for inaction or even disobedience. It’s much less demanding to think about God’s will for your future than it is to ask Him what He wants you to do in the next ten minutes. It’s safer to commit to following Him someday instead of this day.” “You…

I spoke at our Men’s ministry group called Ironman last week. My topic was “A God of Hate vs. a God of Love.” I’ve never said anything before that has caused that much spiritual vertigo (to my knowledge). If you’re interested, you can give it a listen by clicking here.

Here’s your chance to add to the messages at Central each week as we employ open source sermon prep (or more accurately, “crowd sourcing”). In a couple weeks, we’ll be in our series, Now More Than Ever, where we’ll be celebrating 50 years as a church. The focus of this series will be on carrying our cross and how we can fulfill the third D of our strategy (discover, develop, deploy). We’ll be highlighting 50 ways in 50 days on…