Center City Church
Simon’s life was rocked that day when he was compelled to carry Jesus' cross. It was a unexpected and unwanted task. But he left Golgotha a different man. A Divergent man. His life took on a whole new direction.
Pastor Eric Posteluk takes us to the Cross of Christ for a in-depth look at how the crucifixion occurred and why it had to happen. The crucifixion of Jesus is the greatest example of God's love. The more clearly you see what Jesus has done for you on the Cross, the more clearly you will see God's love for you and the more radically you will want to live for Jesus.
Six "Must-Haves" for the End Time Christian. People who identify themselves as "survivalists" and "preppers" are growing in numbers today. They are people who through training, equipping and storing up essentials are serious about survival in desperate times. They specialize in things like; what to include in a "bug-out bag" -necessary items to keep handy in a backpack if society breaks down, building fire and shelter, being self-sufficient, and fending for yourself. But, for the Believer in the Last Days, there are a few items you won't find in any survivalist guide or prepper web site; things that are of utmost importance.
Revelation 19:7 (NCV) says,"Let us rejoice and be happy and give God glory, because the wedding of the Lamb has come, and the Lamb’s bride has made herself ready." The Lamb's bride mentioned here is symbolic of the church. This implies that there is a time when the church is not ready but at the end the church is ready. The First Church of the Last Days will be the "Ready Church." What that means is the church will become everything that Christ has ever wanted in His Bride. So the question becomes,"What is Jesus looking for in the church?" We pull back the curtain and discover the qualities and characteristics of the church Jesus is coming back for! The answer may shock you. I don't know about you, but I want to be THAT CHURCH!
Part 1 of the series "The First Church of the Last Days" answers the questions - "What are the End Times?" and "Are we living in them?"
Pastor Kim's personal Testimony
The enemy reserves his most ruthless attacks and his most lethal weapons to attack and destroy God's vision for your life. Pastor Pat teaches on the Vision Killers and how to survive the threat of spiritual blindness.
The series is about a life free from sin and is taken from Romans chapter 7. This message he concludes the series with part 2, teaching three principles that Paul outlines in his letter to the believers in Rome enabling us to live free from sin's dominion.
While the Apostle Paul explains that we all have sin that “so easily entangles us” he also tells us that we all have a choice in the matter. In his letter to the church in Rome, Paul takes us on a philosophical journey where he offers his view of the “Why” behind our sin and how it seems like we can never live free of it. He goes on offer his solution of how to live FREE. Not after we leave this life, not in heaven but right here on earth…in our everyday life.
1 Timothy 4:1 says,"Now the Holy Spirit clearly says that in the later times some people will stop believing the faith. They will follow spirits that lie and teachings of demons." How can the believer have Staying Power in the last days?
Pastor Kim takes us into the book of Daniel to teach us the power and principles of Steadfast Faith.
Into this cruel, bleak and desperate world God set aside His divine attributes and almighty power and poured Himself into a frail, utterly dependent human embryo. The Savior was born into a world of chaos, pain and hopelessness. Think your Christmas is is bad? Maybe the FIRST Christmas was the WORST Christmas ever! But if we think about it, it was supposed to be that way.
How Mary dealt with her situation would have been considered outrageous in her day – and undoubtedly would be to religious people of our time. Yet it was through this scandal that God brought salvation to the world! In fact, Jesus is the biggest scandal ever known to man. Mary, because she was willing to be "scandalized," gave birth to God's greatest Gift. Hear the story of "Mary Christmas" and discover the five ways to Have Yourself a Scandalous Little Christmas!
Everything was synchronized. The right people had been assembled and were in place for the birth of the Son of God. It was at this point that God's entire plan of redemption was placed into the rough worn hands of a humble carpenter. A
Delay and Duty: The Story of Zach & Lizzie. A Currier & Ives Christmas would be nice, but sometimes just trying to hold it together and survive the holidays is all you can manage. Maybe we should take a fresh look at the birth of Christ and see it was not ideal either. To the real people involved in the real Christmas story, it seemed to be ill-timed, scandalous and very INCONVENIENT. Maybe when we see what they actually lived through in order for God to bring us THE PERFECT GIFT, we'll really sing out "JOY TO THE WORLD!"
Acts Chapter 3 outlines five characteristics of a Spirit-filled Church.
Once the walls of Jerusalem had been restored, Nehemiah and the leaders turned their attention to the conditions within the walls. We look at six things that must be priorities to finish the work of restoration.
Can you imagine God actually desiring to tell and show you what you could never have known without Him? Discover six things from Jeremiah 33:3 about Prayer that you may not know.
WHAT IF - we dared to go to a place in our prayer life that we haven’t been before? WHAT IF – you found out that you have been PRAYING SAFE? WHAT IF - we dared to PRAY BOLD?
Four principles from Nehemiah's prayer set the pattern for your prayer life.
Nehemiah chapter 6 explains how the enemy tried to get Nehemiah to stop doing God's work and his response to them.
The enemy opposes Restoration
Nehemiah1:1-11 These verses tell the tale of one of the greatest restoration stories in the entire Bible. In fact the answer, the solution to the problem was conceived in the prayers Nehemiah prayed. Even before the result was played out in real time his Prayers Made the Difference! If not for this one man’s season of prayer the entire plan of the redemption of man, might never have happened. Did you realize the magnitude of your prayers? That they carry that much consequence?