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The Church In The Center — 473 episodes

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Title
1

Go Outside

2

A Penitent Heart

3

When the Whole World Feels Against You

4

The King Is on His Throne

5

A Life That Flourishes (Short Version)

6

A Life That Flourishes

7

The Basics of Baptism

8

Examine Yourselves

9

Embracing Weakness

10

Paul's Fears for Corinth

11

The Weapons of Our Warfare

12

Membership Covenant

13

Sowing and Reaping

14

A New Year's Resolution ... with a Twist

15

Hope is Here

16

A Generous Church

17

True Repentance

18

Separation from the World

19

Made New

20

100% Lifetime Warranty

21

A Better Covenant

22

Forgiveness and Restoration

23

Walking with God

24

Who Is Your One?

25

Being a Person of Your Word

26

The God of Comfort

27

Men of Courage

28

Giving

29

Hope Beyond the Grave

30

If there is no Resurrection

31

Women in the Church

32

Speaking in Tongues

33

The Greatest Gift

34

The Body of Christ

35

The Will and Work of the Holy Spirit

36

Communion in Corinth

37

Discipleship Made Easy

38

The Chief End of Man

39

The Cycle of Idolatry

40

Rights and Responsibilities

41

Christian Liberty

42

Biblical Singleness

43

Mother's Day 2019

44

Divorce and Remarriage

45

Sex and Marriage

46

A King on a Cloud

47

A King on a donkey ?

48

Past, Present, Future

49

Conflict Resolution

50

Church Discipline

51

Living in the Power of God's Kingdom

52

Facing the Fire

53

Spiritual Maturity

54

True Wisdom

55

Where Power Is Found

56

Made New #2: Perfect Unity

57

Made New #1: A Letter

58

Make Disciples who Make Disciples

59

Be the Church

60

New Year New Mind

61

A Season of Rejoicing

62

A Season for Spreading The News

63

A Season of Giving

64

Jesus in Genesis

65

Where Forgiveness and Justice Meet

66

Thanksgiving Message

67

Facing the Past

68

From Prison to the Palace

69

A Theology of Dreams

70

"The Lord Was with Joseph"

71

The Providence of God

72

CITC 10 Year Anniversary

73

Back to Bethel

74

The Deadliness of Sexual Sin

75

Jesus and Baptism

76

Healing Old Wounds

77

A Theology of Wealth

78

Why We Need Small Group

79

A Love Triangle

80

Encountering God

81

How to Bless a Child

82

Like Father, Like Son

83

A Bowl of Stew

84

How to find a spouse

85

Investing in the Promises of God

86

Sacrificing the Son

87

A Promise-keeping God

88

Burdened by Brokenness?

89

God's Way or Our Way

90

Room at the Table

91

Justification by Faith

92

Mary, the mother of Jesus – Unique or Ordinary?

93

Genesis 16 - Being A Peace Maker

94

Waiting on the Promise

95

THe Tower of Babel

96

Look for the Rainbow

97

Genesis #12- “Noah: A Story of Wrath and Grace, Pt. 2”

98

Three Reactions to the Resurrection

99

Noah: A Story of Wrath and Grace Pt 1

100

Enoch, The Man who Disappeared

101

Genesis #9 - Cain and Abel

102

The Curse

103

Genesis #7: The Fall

104

Genesis # 6: "The first wedding"

105

Genesis #5 - "The Seventh Day"

106

What is Man

107

Creation pt. 2

108

The Creation pt 1

109

In the beginning

110

Living Connected

111

Fishers of Men

112

Spoken 3 - The Message of the Cross

113

God from the Beginning

114

The God who speaks

115

THe favor of God on His mission

116

Paul on Trial Part3

117

Paul on Trial Part 2 – Waiting With God

118

Acts 47 Paul on Trail

119

Hear my defense

120

Double bottom line

121

Sacred place

122

Willing to Die

123

CITC 10th Anniversary Announcement

124

Paul and the Ephesian Elders

125

Eutychus and His church

126

Rebuilding a City for the Glory of God

127

Riot in Ephesus

128

Paul in Ephesus

129

Apollos: A Man of the Word

130

The Silent Christian

131

Gospel Contextualization

132

Berean Christians

133

Turning the World Upside Down

134

The only question that matters

135

Timothy, a son in the faith

136

When Believers Disagree

137

Sanctification Standards

138

Jesus Plus Nothing

139

Acts#28 False Prophets

140

Full Circle

141

The Danger of Spiritual Ignorance

142

Just as HE said

143

Mobility of the early church

144

Intercessory Prayer

145

What Is a Christian?

146

Acts #20 Dealing with Criticism

147

Why are You so Anxious

148

A Seeker of God and a Servant of God

149

The Primary Purpose of Miracles

150

Do People Really Change?

151

The Counterfeit Gospel

152

A Story of stubbornness and salvation

153

Servant Leadership in the Early Church

154

Joy to the World, Well Not Exactly

155

Acts#11 The Voice of Reason

156

The poison of Jealousy

157

Piercing the Darkness

158

Acts#9 The Early Church and Authenticity

159

The Early Church and Prayer

160

Persecution and the early church

161

Healing the crippled man

162

Acts # 6 : The Sustaining Activities of the Church

163

The Christocentric church

164

8th Church Anniversary

165

Opening Day

166

Prayer and Unity

167

What's Jesus doing now?

168

Acts #1 An Ancient Future

169

Acts: Beginning the Journey

170

Fear God but love Him too

171

A Holy Institution

172

Vision Casting - Possible Relocation

173

Malachi#2: A Life-Giving Priesthood

174

Unsure of God's Love

175

The Coming Messiah

176

Spirituality: Ritual or Relationship

177

Zechariah #3- “The Day of Small Things”

178

Zechariah #2- "Strange Dreams and a Sovereign Savior

179

The Next Generation

180

Adoption and the Gospel

181

The Signet Ring

182

Kingdom Priorities

183

What is the Day of the Lord?

184

The Outrageous Love of God

185

What Is Revival?

186

The Question Everyone Asks

187

God the Avenger

188

Walk Humbly with Your God

189

O Little Town of Bethlehem

190

The Promise of Peace

191

An Almost Empty Tomb

192

The Earth Trembles

193

The Veil Is Torn

194

The Sun Stopped Shining

195

All People

196

Preaching and the power of God

197

Jonah #2 - Divine Intervention

198

Jonah 1: Running for the Wrong Reasons

199

The danger of unholy alliances

200

A Word to the Prideful

201

Davids fallen tent restored

202

The Sifting of God's People

203

The Peace of Christmas

204

A season for giving

205

A season for serving

206

Amos and Advent

207

Thanksgiving

208

Let Justice Roll

209

From Sheepherder to Prophet

210

Restoration

211

Rend Your Hearts

212

7 years of trusting God

213

A Calamity to Remember

214

The way back home

215

A Father’s Redeeming Love For His Illegitimate Children

216

God's Insistent Love for His Wayward Bride

217

Introduction to the Minor Prophets

218

What will NOT be in Heaven

219

Show some love for the Levites

220

Jesus and the Law

221

You Shall Not Covet

222

You Shall Not Give False Testimony

223

Commandment 8

224

You Shall Not Commit Adultery

225

You shall not murder

226

Honor Your Father and Mother

227

Honoring the Sabbath Day

228

Marriage

229

You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord in Vain

230

The Second Commandment

231

The life giving law of God #1: You Shall Have No Other Gods Before Me

232

10 Commandments: The Life Giving Law of God: Introduction, Pt 2.

233

The 10 Commandments: The Life Giving Law of God

234

Raising Children in the Faith

235

Grace, It's more than just amazing

236

The church inside and out

237

I Thank God for You

238

Running to Tell the Good News

239

The Suffering Servant

240

Power of Prayer #25

241

The Power of Prayer

242

Make your word count

243

Patient Until He Comes

244

Confronting Corruption

245

Life is a vapor

246

James #20- Confronting Criticism in the Church

247

Submit yourselves to God

248

Conflict and Covetousness

249

Two Kinds of Wisdom

250

Taming the Tongue

251

Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

252

Living Faith

253

The Autopsy of Dead Faith

254

Justice and Mercy

255

The Art of Contentment

256

The Problem of Prejudice and Partiality

257

Pure Religion,Pt. 2

258

Pure Religion

259

After the Sermon Is Over

260

An Eager Ear, a Muted Mouth, a Tamed Temper

261

6th Anniversary Sunday Message

262

Trials and Temptation

263

The Believer's Crown

264

The Paradox of Poverty and Wealth

265

The Wavering Believer

266

James#3: The pursuit of wisdom

267

The Making of Maturity

268

James #1, Introduction to the Epistle of James

269

Entering His Rest

270

Jesus on the Sabbath pt 2

271

STOP #6: Jesus on the Sabbath, Pt. 1

272

Stop #5: Close the Gates

273

The Sabbath: A Serious SIgn

274

STOP: The Fourth Commandment

275

The Sabbath and Daily Bread

276

And God Rested

277

Planting Kingdom Seeds

278

An Exhortation to Fathers

279

Partners from afar

280

These Are the Golden Years

281

Eschatology

282

What We Believe #12: Giving

283

What we believe # 11 : communion

284

What Did Jesus Do?: The Triumphal Entry to the Ascension

285

Gideon Leadership Lessons

286

Knowing Resurrection Power

287

what we believe #9: Who is Jesus ?

288

"What We Believe #8 - Baptism: United with Christ in Death and Resurrection"

289

Ekklesia

290

Word Pictures of Salvation

291

The Rescue

292

The Fall

293

What we believe #3: Ex-Nihilo

294

Our God-Breathed Book, the Bible

295

One God, Three Persons

296

God's Multi-Cultural Family

297

Noah Leadership Lessons

298

Fear, Faith, and Joy

299

The Fellowship of the Believers

300

Two Vital Priorities for the Church

301

Jesus, the I AM --- the resurrection and the life

302

Jesus, The I AM --- the good shepherd

303

Jesus, The I AM --- the light of the World

304

Jesus, The I AM --- the bread of life

305

Thankful for Peace in Christ

306

The Sin of Idleness

307

Running with the Gospel Pt. 2

308

Running with the Gospel

309

Don't be so easily shaken

310

The Time-Line of Salvation

311

A Story of God's Faithfulness

312

Filling the Storehouse

313

His Sentence Our Freedom

314

Every Good Resolve

315

The Justice of God

316

Setting the stage for The Savior

317

Endurance Under Pressure

318

What's the Big Deal About Grace?

319

In Conclusion

320

Sanctification and Preservation

321

The Ears of a Christian

322

Spiritual Discernment

323

The Eyes

324

Constant Communion with Christ

325

Healthy Relationships in the Church

326

Healthy Church Leadership

327

Why do we worship?

328

Are You Ready?

329

Hope Beyond the Grave Part II

330

The parable of the workers in the vineyard

331

Hope Beyond the Grave Part I

332

A Winsome Life

333

Flee from Sexual Immorality

334

Love, Holiness, and Assurance

335

The Joy of Missions

336

Thessalonians - Satan's Hindrances

337

Unavoidable Resistance

338

Children: A Gift from God

339

God's Heart for the Fatherless

340

The Resurrection: Comfort Or Confrontation

341

Accomplishments of the Cross

342

Motives for Ministry Pt. 2

343

God's Word Is Powerful

344

Motives for Ministry, Pt. 1

345

Turning to God from Idols

346

A Church that Impacts Near and Far

347

Key Characteristics of a Healthy Church (cont.)

348

Faith, Hope, and Love

349

Letters to a Healthy Church Intro

350

Rescue the Perishing

351

How to Function

352

How To Flourish

353

Love All

354

Give More

355

Spend Less

356

Worship Fully

357

Give Thanks

358

A Work that Endures

359

When Pride Creeps In

360

The Return of the King

361

All of Us for All Our Neighbors

362

Family Matters

363

David in the New Testament

364

David and Bathsheba Pt. 4: The Confession

365

David & Nathan: The Confrontation

366

A Baptism Story

367

David and Bathsheba Pt. 2: The Great Coverup Job

368

A King's Saga 27 - David and Bathsheba - pt 1

369

The Kindness of God

370

Lessons from the Desert

371

A God-Centered View of Life

372

A King's Saga 23

373

The Gospel of The Ark of Covenant

374

Tearing down strongholds

375

Psalm 103 - Bless the Lord

376

Letting Your Lifesong Sing

377

When The Promise Finally Comes True

378

You Can't Hide From God

379

Repentance and Redemption

380

Spiritual Cholesterol

381

God's Two Great Books

382

Spiritual Remediation

383

Respect or Revenge?

384

David and the Holy Bread

385

A King's Saga "In the Cave"

386

The Downward Spiral of Jealousy

387

The Good News of Easter

388

Dont be a Fool

389

The Anointing of Young David, Part 8 - A Loyal Friend

390

The Good Shepherd

391

A King's Sage #6

392

A King's Saga 5

393

The Annointing of Young David, Part 3

394

The Anointing of Young David Pt. 2

395

The Anointing of Young David Pt. 1

396

A Kings Saga - 1

397

Assimilation Points

398

What Kind of Church Member Are You?

399

Membership Covenant

400

Treasuring Christ at His Birth

401

The Ending that's Really a Beginning

402

The Seven Most Important Miles in History

403

He is Risen!

404

Six Hours to Change Forever

405

Jesus on Calvary

406

His Sentence, Our Freedom

407

Baptism: A Drama of the Gospel

408

A Mockery of Justice

409

Jesus Prayer in Gethsemane

410

Peter, Jesus, Failure, and Forgiveness

411

What is True Greatness

412

Communion

413

Jesus and the End of the World - Part 6

414

Jesus and the End of the World: Part 5

415

Paul's Letter to Philemon

416

Jesus and the End of the World - Part 4

417

Jesus and the End of the World: Part 3

418

Jesus and the End of the World: Part 2

419

Jesus and the End of the World: Part 1

420

A Missionary Story in the Maasai Lands of Kenya

421

Jesus on Paying your Taxes

422

Jesus is the Chief Cornerstone

423

Rejecting the King

424

What Makes Jesus Cry

425

Jesus Clears the Temple

426

Enter the King

427

Growing the Kingdom While Waiting on the King

428

Jesus and the Little Children

429

A Swindler and the Savior

430

A Living Hope

431

Sharing in the Cross of Christ

432

Part 2 - Establishing a Biblical Church Governance

433

Establishing a Biblical Church Governance

434

Sell Stuff Movement - The Rich Young Ruler

435

Dr. Tour of Rice speaks about how the scriptures impacted his life

436

The Kingdom: Both Present and Future

437

Where are the nine?

438

How Believers Should Treat One Another

439

Jesus on Marriage, Pt 4, Jesus on Divorce

440

Jesus's speaks: Giving to the Poor & Heaven and Hell

441

Jesus on Marriage, Pt. 3, “Covenant Keeping and Christ Exalting"

442

Jesus on Marriage Part 2

443

Jesus on Marriage, Part 1

444

Preparing to Give an Account

445

The Tale of Two Sons - Part 6

446

The Tale of Two Sons - Part 5

447

Tale of Two Sons - Part 4

448

The Great Light - Christmas 2010

449

Tale of Two Sons - Part 3

450

Tale of Two Sons - Part 2

451

A Tale of Two Sons

452

Lost and Found-Jesus Rescues

453

Invited to Come. Compelled to Go.

454

The Surprising Path to Significance

455

The Power of Small Acts of Compassion

456

The Message of Tragedies

457

Jesus Speaks on a Dividing Faith

458

The Winning Shots - Anniversary 2010

459

When the Master Shows Up

460

Jesus on Indulgence

461

The Fallacy of Hypocrisy

462

The Lord's Prayer: Protection

463

The Lord's Prayer: Repentance

464

Missions Sunday: God's work in Zambia

465

The Lord's Prayer: Provision

466

The Lord's Prayer: Submission

467

The Lord's Prayer: Recognition

468

Living for the Harvest

469

The House That Jesus Wants

470

Jesus, The Mender of All Things Broken

471

#7 - The Temptation of Christ

472

The Baptism Of Christ

473

A Physician's Examination Of Jesus - Jesus the Adolescent