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Central Church Podcast
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A collection of sermons from Central Church that reflect our great need for Christ and Christ's great love for us
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Gluttony
2w ago00:29:30Tap to summarizeFood and drink have been given to us by God as a way to enjoy Him and His goodness. As the story has continued on, we have detoured from using it as a way to enjoy God and have turned it into a god itself. The gluttonous person is driven by appetite, and it's not just in the quantity of what's consumed, but also in the quality of preference. Jac Munson reads from Philippians 3 and John 6 on the complicated relationship sin has caused us to have with food.
Transcribe →Greed
3w ago00:23:54Tap to summarizeCentral Youth director Griffen Molenburg gives a sermon on the deadly sin of greed.
Transcribe →Sloth
4w ago00:26:37Tap to summarizeA large component of the human life is work. Too much, too little; over-accomplished, under-accomplished. When talking about the sin of slothfulness, we tend to equate it with laziness, but it's much broader than that. We can become lazy and miss out on the greater good in front of us, but we can also be so consumed by over-working that we also miss the greater good that is in front of us.
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May 3100:24:36Tap to summarizeWe often times have expectations of how we want things to go or a certain way that we want people to act, but what happens when those expectations aren't met? We become angry. Anger is no longer just about the expression, but it's about the feeling. Jesus, when talking about anger, equates it to committing murder. What causes us to be angry, and how do we deal with it?
Transcribe →Envy
May 2400:26:51Tap to summarizeEnvy can easily turn good things into bad things. Whether it's a possession that someone else has, or a reason to celebrate that we don't, it can cause competition between us and others and spiral us down into feelings of bitterness and resentment. After all, envy is what caused Cain to kill his brother Abel. Pastor Jon preaches from Genesis and Matthew on the issue of envy.
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May 1700:24:53Tap to summarizeWhen the Bible talks about pride, it doesn't have good things to say. Of the "7 deadly sins," pride is regarded as the chief of the vices, influentially undermining all of the others. Pride is the complete absorption of the self, and there's a profound example of how pride infects us through the story of Haman and Mordecai.
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CY Sunday
May 1000:20:41Tap to summarizeGriffen Molenburg, our Central Youth leader, gives a message from 1 Samuel 18 when Saul stirs with jealousy over the praise that David is receiving. Our human nature leans towards competition, and it can be hard to celebrate good things when someone else receives the praise that we think we deserve.
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Week 19
May 300:28:00Tap to summarizeIn the final chapter of John, we see Jesus with His disciples, and it's here that He reinstates Peter through the question, "do you love me?" What are we devoted to, and how do we show that devotion? Pastor Jon concludes the series on the book of John through the lens of devotion.
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Apr 2600:27:17Tap to summarizeIn the final hours of Jesus' life, He lifts His eyes to heaven and prays to the Father for three specific things: Himself, His disciples, and those who would come to believe in Him.
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Apr 1900:26:58Tap to summarizeThrough John 16, Jesus uses the word "will" several times, signifying that there multiple guarantees that He makes us. Guarantees that we will experience hardship, that we will mourn, but that we will also receive a joy from Him, and that He will give us a joy that will be complete. Jac Munson teaches from John 16 and, while we see the promise of hardship, we also see the fulfilled promise that we will have joy because Jesus has overcome this world.
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