Central Presbyterian Church

Sermons

February 21, 2021
A Most Common Temptation
February 17, 2021
Only Jesus
February 7, 2021
Not One Is Missing
January 31, 2021
Exorcising Our Demons
January 24, 2021
Repairers of the Breach
January 10, 2021
Over Mighty Waters
January 3, 2021
The Logos Become Flesh
December 24, 2020
Night Vision
December 20, 2020
No Room?
December 13, 2020
Birth Signs
December 6, 2020
Not for You Alone
November 30, 2020
We’re Waiting…
November 8, 2020
After Words
November 1, 2020
For All the Saints
October 26, 2020
The Reformer
October 18, 2020
The Things that Are God’s
September 27, 2020
What do you think?
September 20, 2020
Good Trouble – Generosity
September 13, 2020
Central at 160: The Debt We Owe
September 6, 2020
A Great Thanksgiving
August 30, 2020
How to Read the Bible
August 16, 2020
A Pandemic of Kindness
August 9, 2020
I Know This Much Is True
August 2, 2020
All You Ever Give is Grace
July 19, 2020
Is it Wrong to be Rich?
July 12, 2020
Recovery with Romans (4): God the Heart-Searcher
July 5, 2020
From Lament to Hope: For Such a Time as This; Reflections on the 224th General Assembly of the PC(USA)
June 28, 2020
A Freedom For
June 21, 2020
Recovery with Romans (3): The Birth of Something New
June 14, 2020
Recovery with Romans (2): The Grace in Which We Stand
June 7, 2020
Recovery with Romans (I): The Great Turning
May 31, 2020
Multilingual Church
May 24, 2020
The Shepherd of Our Shelter
May 10, 2020
A Mother’s Way
May 3, 2020
What Do You See?
April 26, 2020
The Eighth Day of Creation
April 19, 2020
After the Resurrection: Faith and Doubt
April 12, 2020
Resurrection in the Dark
April 5, 2020
Where is God?
March 29, 2020
Can These Bones Live?
March 22, 2020
Eyes to See
March 15, 2020
Trust and the Internal Well
March 8, 2020
Meditation on Requiem by Duruflé
March 1, 2020
A Window and a Mirror (1): Clarification
February 23, 2020
Casting Out Fear
February 2, 2020
Blessed Are the Meek?
January 12, 2020
2020 Vision: To See Ourselves
January 5, 2020
New Year! New You?
December 29, 2019
Jesus the Immigrant
December 24, 2019
You Belong with Me
December 8, 2019
What Can’t Wait (II): Peace
December 1, 2019
A Trail of Hope
November 24, 2019
With Thanks for the Glue
November 3, 2019
Introduction to BWV 106 “God’s Time is the Best of All Times”
October 27, 2019
Re-forming the Clay in Our Hands
October 21, 2019
With Perseverance
October 6, 2019
Increase Our Faith
September 29, 2019
Season of Peace (IV): In It for the Long Haul
September 22, 2019
Season of Peace (III): Comically Shrewd
September 8, 2019
There Is Still Room
August 25, 2019
Faith Acts (VIII): The Farewell
August 18, 2019
Faith Acts (VII): The Promise of Change
August 11, 2019
Faith Acts (VI): So That We Would Search for God
August 4, 2019
Where Your Treasure is…
July 28, 2019
Faith Acts (V): All That God Has Done With Us
July 21, 2019
A Home to Be In
July 14, 2019
Faith Acts (IV): Grace for Sleepyheads
July 7, 2019
Another Ruler
June 30, 2019
Faith Acts (III): In Opportune Moments
June 23, 2019
A Fish Story
June 16, 2019
Songs that Change the World
June 9, 2019
What Does This Mean?
June 2, 2019
What Do These Words Mean?
May 12, 2019
Shepherding
April 28, 2019
Beyond Opening Day
April 21, 2019
Looking into the Tomb
April 7, 2019
A Sweet Fragrance Poured Out
March 31, 2019
Two Brothers and a Prodigal Father (II)
March 24, 2019
Two Brothers and a Prodigal Father (I)
March 10, 2019
A Conventional Temptation, an Unconventional Lord
March 3, 2019
Transfigured Moments
February 24, 2019
Love Is Not Transactional
February 17, 2019
Cultivate and Let Go
January 27, 2019
Why Church?
January 20, 2019
If Our Congregations Could Talk
January 13, 2019
A Blessing or a Curse?
January 6, 2019
Star Transplant
December 24, 2018
Draw Near … to the Light of the World
December 23, 2018
Draw Near … and Be Surprised
December 9, 2018
Draw Near … to Justice
December 2, 2018
Draw Near … to Longing
November 25, 2018
In All Things
November 11, 2018
All We Have to Live On
October 28, 2018
Sola Scriptura: The Bible and the Reformation
October 21, 2018
Goats, Grace, and Greatness: The Matthew 25 Church
September 23, 2018
Make Church Little Again
September 16, 2018
Peace or Division: What’s Going on Here?
August 19, 2018
With a Song in Your Heart
August 12, 2018
…so that our words may give grace…
August 5, 2018
A River Runs There
July 22, 2018
A Day in the Life of a Seed
July 15, 2018
Picnic in Paradise
July 8, 2018
A Prophet Among Us?
June 24, 2018
How to Sleep on a Stormy Night
June 17, 2018
Defining Moment
June 11, 2018
Breakable Christians
June 3, 2018
Simply Sabbath
May 27, 2018
An Experiment in Hope
May 20, 2018
Chaos, Cacophony, and Community
May 13, 2018
Don’t Look to Heaven for Jesus
May 6, 2018
Of Seeds and Sowers
April 29, 2018
Get Up and Go: Engaging Our Community
April 22, 2018
Resistance and Resurrection
April 15, 2018
Bear the Beams of Love
April 8, 2018
Reach Out Your Hand
April 1, 2018
We Will Rise Up
March 19, 2018
Show Us Jesus
March 12, 2018
The Immeasurable Riches of God’s Grace
March 5, 2018
Some Lenten Foolishness
February 26, 2018
All In
February 19, 2018
Wild Beasts and Angels
February 12, 2018
The Transfiguration of Jesus, of God, and God’s People
February 5, 2018
The God Who Goes the Distance
January 29, 2018
Self-Limiting Our Freedom
January 22, 2018
Repentance – Not What You Think, Wait, Yes It Is
January 9, 2018
People Get the Power
January 1, 2018
Three Men and a Baby
December 11, 2017
Toward the Horizon
December 4, 2017
Keep Awake for What?
November 27, 2017
When Did We See You?
November 20, 2017
It’s Not About the Money
November 6, 2017
Grateful for our Pillars
October 16, 2017
Life Together: Help These People!
October 2, 2017
Life Together: Who’s On First?
September 25, 2017
Life Together: It’s Just Not Fair!
September 18, 2017
Life Together: Begin with Forgiveness
September 5, 2017
The Service of the Saints
August 21, 2017
Creation Spirituality: The End — God-Ordained or Human Made?
August 14, 2017
Living Creatively With Diminishments
July 31, 2017
Creation Spirituality: At the Intersection of Science and Faith (II)
July 24, 2017
Creation Spirituality: Inheritors of the Land
July 10, 2017
Creation Spirituality: No Child Left Inside
July 3, 2017
Creation Spirituality: American, Global, and Christian?
June 26, 2017
Creation Spirituality: You … blossom!
June 19, 2017
Creation Spirituality: Neither Owners Nor Dominators
June 12, 2017
Creation Spirituality: At the Intersection of Faith and Science
June 5, 2017
To Set the Heart … But Not in Concrete
May 29, 2017
We Who Are in the World
May 15, 2017
Into God’s Marvelous Light
May 8, 2017
Jesus: Threshold, Security Barrier or…?”
May 1, 2017
How He Is Made Known to Us
April 24, 2017
From Faith to Faith
April 17, 2017
There You Will See Him
April 3, 2017
Setting the Table for Grace (5): In Death and in Life
March 28, 2017
Setting the Table for Grace (4): Now I See
March 19, 2017
Setting the Table for Grace (3): Drowning Shame
March 12, 2017
Setting the Table for Grace (2): Reclaiming Conversation
March 5, 2017
Setting the Table for Grace (1): Amid Glittering Distractions
February 26, 2017
To See God Alone
February 12, 2017
Lies, Alternative Facts, and the Struggle for Truth
February 5, 2017
Pastor, Am I a Christian?
January 29, 2017
God on Trial
January 22, 2017
Not with Eloquent Wisdom
January 8, 2017
A Hero’s Journey
January 1, 2017
Living by Faith
December 11, 2016
Naming Jesus (3): Eternal Protector
December 4, 2016
Naming Jesus (2): Strength of God
November 27, 2016
Naming Jesus (1): Wonderful Counselor
November 14, 2016
God’s Surprising Blessings
November 7, 2016
All She Had
May 22, 2016
Swept Away
April 17, 2016
Another Story for Another Time
April 10, 2016
Breakfast and Blessing
April 3, 2016
To Not Be Afraid To Say It
April 3, 2016
Adult Education lecture on the Belhar Confession and Radical Reconciliation
March 27, 2016
We Make the Road by Walking: Out of the Tomb
March 20, 2016
The Passion according to Luke
March 13, 2016
Annointed
March 6, 2016
We Make the Road by Walking: Home
February 28, 2016
We Make the Road by Walking: In Trust
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