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I Put Nothing In My Body But Water For 40 Days, And Here’s What Happened
THE FAST At the start I should clarify, I chose to do a “water fast” for the season of Lent, but as some of you might know -...
Apr 19


BUSY - Luke 10:38-42
Can I be honest? I love being busy. I come from a long line of workaholics - my grandfather was a pastor for 25 years before he retired...
Apr 15


Betrayal - Matthew 26
I am a fantastic father. Right up until the moment when I’m not. I am a picture perfect husband, except when I’m not. I am totally sold...
Apr 8


Sex - John 8
I read a story a few years ago about a women’s conference - one of those inspiring, empowerment, self-help type conferences. The leader...
Mar 31


Money - Luke 19
Money does something funny to the human heart, doesn’t it? As some of you know, I grew up in the suburbs of Detroit - and so the Detroit...
Mar 25


Anxiety - Matthew 14
I didn’t intend to start every sermon in this series with a personal story - but last week and this week, it’s just what occurs to me....
Mar 25


Blame - John 9
Let me tell you a little something about your arrogant pastor. I have been the lead pastor here at Center Church, we’re coming up on a...
Mar 5


Visions - Daniel 7
[repeat of one from about a year ago titled "The King of Kings"] Alright, here we go. Today is the last message in our series called...
Feb 24


The Lion's Den - Daniel 6
How do you measure whether someone is your friend? Is it when they can remember your name on a Sunday morning? Is it when they’ve come...
Feb 24


Writing On the Wall - Daniel 5
One of the most famous “battles” of the revolutionary war was the crossing of the Delaware River. Do you remember that story? If you...
Feb 24


The Dream - Daniel 2
If you have a dollar in your pocket this morning - every second that goes by it is worth less and less. A dollar is worth less today than...
Jan 20


Set Apart (Daniel, Chptr 1)
You know what was really annoying about New Years this past year? I kept trying to find coverage that my children could watch too, you...
Jan 14


Hand Painted Memories
Let me tell you a story about these. (first I recommend you scroll through those pictures) My Oma (grandma) was a china painter who...
Jan 13


The Set Up - 2 Kings 24
How do we build a life that will last? So many times we experience victory in life, but then something happens and completely wipes out...
Jan 6


Longings, Jesus - Hebrews 1
Manuscript of Christmas Eve sermon
Dec 26, 2024


Longings, Wk 4 - Love
Hosea and Galatians 3:23-29 I’m starting to believe that Love is one of the more useless words in the English language. Don’t get me...
Dec 23, 2024


Longings, Hope - Lamentations 3
Back in the 1950’s there was a professor at John Hopkins University name Curt Richter who did some famous experiments. Now I’ll warn you,...
Dec 9, 2024


Longings, Joy - Luke 1
I want to begin this morning with a very simple question - What do you long for? In this holiday season, do you long for happiness? Or...
Dec 9, 2024


Forgiveness - Acts 16
As some of you already know we are on week 2 of our little three week series called Election Recovery Guide. We’re not going to talk...
Nov 18, 2024


Humility - Acts 16
Well - I suppose to start this morning we should talk about the elephant in the room. [painfully long pause] And the donkey. And the...
Nov 18, 2024
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