02.18.18 - Our regular church gatherings are sacred times and places where we can be cleansed of society’s influences. Around the Word and Table is where the culture’s stories are corrected, supplanted, by the everlasting story of God and his people. The rituals of our worship assemblies form us.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin.

02.11.18 - To acknowledge Jesus, the crucified Messiah, as “Lord” or “Master” in baptism is to accept a brand-new identity as his servant and to affirm that the shape and course of my life now lays wholly within his power. I belong to him.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

02.04.18 - What if we understood our church gatherings as sacramental encounters with the Lord? What if we believed God’s Holy Spirit was powerfully at work during our songs and prayers, Scripture readings and meals, to shape us more into the image of Christ?

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

01.28.18 - As we consider together all that our God is doing in the waters of baptism, we’re not backing away from the importance of baptism. We’re wanting to move to an even richer understanding of what God is doing in this holy sacrament.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

01.21.18 - Sometimes we get into a dark place and we question where all this is headed. We wonder if God really is in control. Then we take our places at the table and we realize that Christ Jesus himself is with us.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

01.14.18 - During our times of suffering and temptation, how do we resist? How do we stand firm in the faith? Let's consider together our true enemy, the nature of his prowling, and the victory we share in Christ.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

01.07.18 - All seven hundred of us at Central are “sent” by Christ to participate in his mission. Our Lord says, “Just as the Father sent me, so I am sending you.” All of us are called to seek and save, to heal, to forgive, to love, to reconcile.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

12.31.17 - We declare that God helps us in times of need. We proclaim that our Lord takes care of us always. And we stand on it and say it so vigorously and so confidently that it changes the very nature of the conversation.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

12.24.17 - The statistics suggest you’re more likely to hand money to a person on the corner around Christmas time than you are in August. You’ll write the check or donate to the cause in December when you wouldn’t in the Spring. Why is that? Scripture implies it’s a holy impulse directly connected to the ways of our Lord.

Speaker: Allan Stanglin

12.17.17 - You might be spending a lot of money and energy on a lot of Christmas presents this year. Just like you did last year. Why? To see the joy on the faces of those who receive your gifts? To fulfill a social or familial obligation?

Speaker: Allan Stanglin