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Vision series - Holy Spirit // The Tabernacle

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 41:20


From Eden to Exodus, God seeks to restore what was lost in the garden through rescue and relationship. Why? Because God wants to be with his people. More than a great truth about the God we worship, its an invitation for the church to prepare a place for him to come and be with us.

Vision series - Holy Spirit // The Sprit of God; The Giver of Life

Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 38:10


From the very beginning, the Holy Spirit hovered over the chaotic waters, breathing life and order into creation. Today, His role remains unchanged: He enters into our personal chaos, bringing renewal and life as we turn our gaze upon the glory of Jesus.

Vision series - Holy Spirit // The Triune God

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 39:11


For many, the reality of God as Father, Son, and Spirit is either massively confusing and better left to theologians or a doctrine to believe with no implications for everyday life. Yet, the testimony of the Bible paints a much different picture of the Triune God; a being so beautiful and full of love that it overflows into creation, redemption, and the renewal of all things.

Vision series - Holy Spirit // Filled for a Holy Purpose

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 37:14


The church was never meant to be passive organization but a Spirit filled people, burning with a holy purpose to bring hope, healing, and freedom into the world. In Isaiah 61 we receive a vision of a people filled for this holy purpose, and the God who gives us the power to live it out.

Road To Resurrection series // Dissatisfaction and the Ascension

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 38:50


One of the most basic experiences of life is dissatisfaction. As humans, we're perpetually disappointed, frustrated, and even disillusioned with the state of affairs. The answer to these struggles may be found in the often-neglected reality of Jesus' ascension.

Road To Resurrection series // The Empty Tomb

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 21:41


In a world marked by darkness, pain, questions, and division, we need some good news; the kind of news that can break through the noise and shake the world with hope. the empty tomb stands and speaks good news in a world filled with bad news: Jesus is alive and death does not have the final word, Gods love and hope does.

Road To Resurrection series // The Ways of Judas and Jesus

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 39:06


Mere hours before dying on a cross, Jesus eats a meal with his closest friends. This became the most famous meal in human history. Why the significance? And why does this moment set the stage for Jesus' betrayal?

The Passover, a Plot, and a Misunderstood Gift

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 39:06


As he begins the final march to the Cross, Jesus is the recipient of a misunderstood gift. In the conversation that follows, we discover how God sees beauty in what others see as wasteful.

Love as Our Duty, Desire, and Destiny

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2025 34:26


Even if you haven't grown up in church, you've heard something like the "golden rule": love your neighbour as yourself. Loving God and loving others comprise the greatest commandment. We know this. So why do we struggle so much to live as if it's true?

Road to Ressurection series // Flipping Tables in God's House

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2025 44:27


God has a vision for his house and he is zealous to see it lived out. So what happens when Gods people stray from that vision? God comes and he flips tables.

Road To Resurrection series // A Kingdom of Risk, Repentance, and Donkeys

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 39:28


The Kingdom that Jesus established was and is his central work. It's a key reason why the Gospel authors could not write of Jesus without including the Triumphal Entry. So does this story get such little airtime today?

Road To Resurrection series // Glory

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 37:57


What is God up to when he takes a hike and spends some time at the top of a mountain with three of his followers? To give his followers and experience untold glory on the other side of suffering and death.

Road To Resurrection series // Lose It To Find It

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 27:04


How do you move beyond familiarity and being lukewarm to the things of God? The answer Jesus gives may surprise you.

Mission Sunday

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 35:50


During the Missions Sunday service, we gathered to celebrate and support missionaries serving around the world through a special panel discussion, and prayer. The service included inspiring testimonies, worship, and a renewed call for involvement in spreading the gospel globally.

Why Slay a Giant? // Family Service

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 35:32


1 Samuel 17:1-52 Sometimes Bible stories become too familiar. It is easy to approach them like an old married couple, finishing each other's sentences because they have heard it all before. David and Goliath is that kind of story. Perhaps it's time to approach this classic story with fresh eyes, asking the Lord, "Is there anything I have missed?"

JOY/FULL Series // Grace, Glory, and Thankfulness

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 42:27


It seems everywhere we look, theres a reason for despair: War. Brokenfamilies. Misuse of power. Painful or difficult circumstances. How can weexist within this and still be a people of grace, glory, and thankfulness? Withhis last to the church in Philippi, Paul teaches us how.

JOY/FULL Series // The Miraculous and Practiced Peace of God

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 34:42


In a culture of frustration and disillusionment, people capable of standing firm are compelling. We are drawn to those marked by peace and contentment rather than anxiety and unrest. Paul invites the church to experience the peace of God in ways that are both miraculous and practiced.

JOY/FULL Series // An Antidote for Indifference

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 39:26


War-torn countries. Refugee crises. Family dysfunction. The weight of responsibility. When we're bombarded by pain, frustration, and a sense of inadequacy, indifference is often our coping mechanism. The same is true spiritually. How can we step beyond indifference and pursue a life of greater fullness than what we currently experience?

JOY/FULL Series // A Greater Worth

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 38:19


The worth and weight of Jesus far surpasses anything we cling to and hope to achieve in life.

JOY/FULL Series // People of Light

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 37:59


When the church lives out of its identity and pursues its purpose, it becomes a people of light in in a world full of darkness.

JOY/FULL Series // Walking As A Saved People

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 35:28


As Christians it is easy for us to head one of two ways in our walk with Jesus. We either push ourselves to do good things in an attempt to earn God's love and our salvation, or we sit and do nothing with the gift of grace that God has given us. God actually calls us to work out our salvation, a continual journey of peaks and pits with the goal of reflecting the life that Jesus lived and calls us to live, for the glory of God.

Making Everything New -- non-series teaching

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 38:14


We're going to take a deep dive into the revelation that John experienced when approaching the throne of God. This will broaden our understanding of Heaven, God, and the plan that God has to make everything new.

SONGS OF CHRISTMAS // The Song of the Angels

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 23:07


Christmas Eve Message

SONGS OF CHRISTMAS // Zecharias' Song

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 39:32


Does Christmas bring you celebration or pain? Today, we often first assume the holidays bring joy and later remember those who experience grief. All this was reversed at the first Christmas. Jesus was born to a people experiencing barrenness, not peace. Zechariah's song is a message for those facing hopelessness.

SONGS OF CHRISTMAS // Mary's Song

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 33:47


When God arrived on earth in Jesus of Nazareth, songs burst forth. People and angels sang because theGod of eternity had come near in an unexpected yet powerful way. Marys song invites us to experiencethe wonder of this once again and be led to worship this advent.

JOY/FULL Series// The God Who Stoops

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 40:22


Rags to riches. Driven, gifted individuals who rise above their circumstances. These are the stories told in our day. God's story is the opposite. It's not rags to riches -- it's riches to rags. Something about this story is key to understanding how God designed us and the world.

JOY/FULL Series // Holy Ambition

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 37:31


The way of Jesus invites us to walk a different path in a highly individualistic and hyper ambitious culture. Surprisingly, it doesnt ask us to abandon ambition but to have our ambitions redirected toward the things of God.

JOY FULL // A Passport, a Phalanx and a Mission!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 37:45


"Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ." That...is a huge ask! What does that mean? How is this possible? If I want my life to reflect this statement, how do I start down the path?

Joy/Full Series // To Live is Christ, to Die is Gain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 39:31


Our age is increasingly marked by cynicism, despair, and indifference. To a world in desperate need of hope, Paul offers a different picture of what life may look like.

Omni What? // Family Service

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 25:19


Family Service

JOY FULL Series // Chains, Ambition, Freedom

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024


This is the land of the True North strong and free. What more could we learn about freedom? According to Paul: a lot. While he experiences freedom even while in prison, he knows there are far more serious chains that currently trap the people of God.

JOY FULL Series // Philippians

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 40:23


In a divisive culture experiencing increasing unrest, the community of Jesus called the church has a chance to stand out and show the world something different: a joyful way of life that transcends the circumstances we face, yet doesn't diminish their difficulty. Through the pen of Paul, an early follower of Jesus who was no stranger to suffering and difficulty, the letter to the Philippians invites us to see, and live, differently as the people of God living in the world, especially when it comes to hardship and being the church.

VISION SERIES // What Now?

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 40:43


As a church we believe our part to play in Gods mission to make all things new is defined and given focus by Isaiah 61: we are here to display the splendor and glory of God in the power of the Spirit to a lost and hurting world. As we wrap up our vision series, we ask the question: Gods given us a vision, now what?

VISION SERIES // Dedicated to the Mission of Jesus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 37:04


Our world thirsts for purpose, meaning, and a sense of calling in the world. Theoretically, we are thus positioned to be the most missional generation in history. So why do we find it so difficult? How can we live into the grand calling that God has given us?

VISION SERIES // Delight in Jesus

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 42:01


The people of God are a people with a grand purpose. This purpose is born in the heart of God, spans the ages, encompasses the entire cosmos, is fueled by the power of God, and involves the transformation of all things. Incredibly, God wants to partner with us to see this happen. But what does that look like? How can we play our part as individuals and as the community of Jesus called Central Heights to see this come to life in our day? For us, it begins with delighting in Jesus.

VISION SERIES // For the Display of His Splendor

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 38:51


The people of God are a people with a grand purpose. This purpose is born in the heart of God, spans the ages, encompasses the entire cosmos, is fueled by the power of God, and involves the transformation of all things. Incredibly, God wants to partner with us to see this happen. But what does that look like? How can we play our part as individuals and as the community of Jesus called Central Heights to see this come to life in our day? As we return to Isaiah 61, we findout it looks like the people of God living for the display of Gods splendor.

VISION SERIES // Vision

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2024 44:24


The people of God are a people with a grand purpose. This purpose is born in the heart of God, spans the ages, encompasses the entire cosmos, and involves the transformation of all things. This Fall, we are going to immerse ourselves in God's vision for the world and unpack the part we believe he's inviting us to play as a church in seeing this vision come to life. Over the next 5 weeks, we will unveil our new vision and values by looking at what it means for Central Heights to live for the display of God's splendor in our city and the world.

PORTRAITS // Philip the Evangelist

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2024 37:57


Philip was intentional and walked closely with God, listening and responding to the call of the Holy Spirit on his life. He preached the word of God and scattered seeds of the gospel wherever he went. In Acts he is referred to as the evangelist.

PORTRAITS // Simon and the Immoral Woman

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 43:48


Have you ever had a debt canceled? How did it affect you? How did you respond? But what if you didn't know you had a debt?

PORTRAITS // Anna

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 36:00


Anna is a little known person in the story of God, yet the impact and importance of her life extends far beyond the three verses dedicated to her in the Bible. Her story helps us answer the question: how do you wait on God when youre desperate for him to act and you live in a culture of immediacy?

PORTRAITS // Simon Peter

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 38:57


The life of Simon Peter is a story of flaws, repentance and restoration. His life shows us that Jesus is a God who restores our deepest darkest nights so that his grace in our story can be a bright light to the world around us.

PORTRAITS // Mordecai

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 33:22


We live in a time and place focused on getting views and likes, focused on the external rather than the internal. So what can we learn from Mordecai, a man without immense fame or status? Mordecais compassion, humility, and faith transcend that, reminding us how to love God and others from behind-the-scenes no matter the cost.

PORTRAITS // Barnabas

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 41:53


Barnabas is known as the Son of Encouragement, but what did that mean, and what can we learn from him? Today were going to look at Barnabas life and what it truly means to encourage others.

PORTRAITS // Solomon

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 39:20


In the Portraits sermon series, most of the messages will look at Scripture characters that resonate with the speaker. In this week's teaching, the guest preacher takes a slightly different approach by working through excerpts from 1 Kings 1-11 to explore the life of Solomon. This well-known King is the son of David, the project-manager for the construction of the Temple, and the prolific author of wisdom literature in the Old Testament... so what went wrong? Why is Solomon a warning story, and how does is story apply to Christians today?

PORTRAITS // Paul

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 41:02


Identity and happiness are two of our culture's greatest obsessions. 2,000 years ago, the same was true for the Apostle Paul. His insight reverberates across the centuries in ways that are astonishingly applicable today.

PORTRAITS // Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 45:20


Life in exile can be incredibly difficult. It is costly and it can easily shake one's faith in God. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were somehow able to hold firmly to their convictions and dedicate themselves to the "God who is Able", even in the face of almost certain death. How did they do it?

PORTRAITS // David

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2024 38:28


Summer Teaching Series 2024

THE INCONVENIENT LIFE // Matthew 19:16-22

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 32:46


Following Jesus isnt always convenient and easy. More often than not, Jesus will invite you into inconvenient situations that stretch and challenge you. Yet, as we find out in this stand-alone message, on the other side of inconvenience is the life you are looking for.

WE THE FEW // Matthew 9:35-38

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 50:08


Message by guest speaker Andre Lesur

WITHOUT HESITATION // 2 Kings 2:1-15

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2024 43:09


To live a life of power and purpose is about more than agreeing with God and his teaching. Its about investing your life in what ultimately matters, without hesitation.

GOD SPEAKS TO ELIJAH // 1 Kings 19:9-18

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 36:48


Elijah's journey of faith and obedience to God is full of miracles and even personal struggle. His encounter with God reminds us the power of God is shown in many forms.

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