Yesterday morning we studied Mary's visit to her relative Elizabeth and her song or hymn that is called the Magnificat.  In her praise to God, Mary acknowledges that God has blessed her and that her blessing from God has an impact to the rest of humanity.   Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Morning Service On May 6, 2018  Series Title: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke  Sermon Title: "The Magnificat: Mary's Praise to God" Scripture Text: Luke 1:39-56 https://archive.org/download/TheMagnificatMarysPraiseOfGod/TheMagnificat-MorningService05062018.mp3

Yesterday we moved on to the Angel Gabriel's second "gender reveal" in the Gospel of Luke; his revealing to Mary that she will give birth to the long awaited Messiah.  I told my congregation that there is a lot we can learn about Mary and her future son (Jesus) from her interaction with Gabriel but that we can learn the most about God from this interaction.  If you remember nothing else from my sermon please remember this, "Nothing will be impossible with God." (Luke 1:37) Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Morning Service On April 29, 2018 Series Title: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke Sermon Title: "SURPRISE! Jesus' Birth Foretold" Scripture Text: Luke 1:26-38 https://archive.org/download/SurprizeJesusBirthFortold/SurprizeJesusBirthFortold-MorningService04292018.mp3

On Sunday nights I have been preaching through a series titled "The Promises of God."  Last week we began a series within a series where we will spend several weeks focusing on "God's Promise of the Holy Spirit."  Specifically, yesterday night we talked about how the Holy Spirit is our teacher. Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Evening Service On April 29, 2018 Series Title: "The Promises of God" Sermon Title: "God's Promise of the Holy Spirit: Our Teacher" Scripture Text: John 14:25-26 https://archive.org/download/GodsPromiseOfTheHolySpiritOurTeacher/GodsPromiseOfTheHolySpirit-ourTeacher-EveningService04292018.mp3

Sunday morning we finished looking at the Priest Zacharias' interaction with Gabriel in the Jerusalem Temple from Luke 1.  In total I made four statements (between last week and this week) which applied the lives of Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth to Christians today.  Yesterday I talked about how, even though Zacharias sinned against God, God still showed him favor.  The same is true for us today.  Christians can make mistakes, and know that God will never leave them or forsake them, because God loves them! Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Morning Service On April 22, 2018 Series Title: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke Sermon Title: "John the Baptist's Birth Foretold Part 2" Scripture Text: Luke 1:17-25 https://archive.org/download/JohnTheBaptistsBirthForetoldPart2/JohnTheBaptistsBirthForetoldPart2-MorningService04222018.mp3

On Sunday nights I have been preaching through a series titled "The Promises of God."  Last week we talked about "God's Promise of Salvation" and entered into the New Testament.  I had a hard time figuring out which direction to take this series of sermons but ended up deciding that, before we dig into God's Promises in the New Testament, that we will look at His promise of the Holy Spirit.  The Holy Spirit is Who allows us to understand scripture, Who comforts us, Who just takes care of us when we are in need.  We need to look at the Holy Spirit before we can go any farther into the New Testament promises.  So for the next several weeks we are going to look at God's promise of the Holy Spirit in John chapters 14-16. Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Evening Service On April 22, 2018 Series Title: "The Promises of God" Sermon Title: "God's Promise of the Holy Spirit: The Spirit of Truth" Scripture Text: John 14:16-17 https://archive.org/download/GodsPromiseOfTheHolySpiritTheSpiritOfTruth/GodsPromiseOfTheHolySpirit-TheSpiritOfTruth-EveningService04222018.mp3

Yesterday morning we started working our way through the Gospel of Luke by looking at the story of how the angel Gabriel announced to Zacharias that he was going to be a father.  About halfway through preparing this sermon I realized that I needed to break it in two.  This week I made two statements of application, taken from the lives of Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth, which apply to the lives of Christians today.  Next week I will make the final two statements.     Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Morning Service On April 15, 2018  Series Title: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke Sermon Title: "John the Baptist's Birth Foretold Part 1" Scripture Text: Luke 1:5-17 https://archive.org/download/JohnTheBaptistsBirthForetoldPart1/JohnTheBaptistsBirthForetoldPart1-MorningService04152018.mp3

PODCAST: EVENING On Sunday nights I have been preaching through a series titled "The Promises of God."  For the first several weeks of this series we have been looking at Old Testament promises which have been leading to God's ultimate promise; to save the world.  Last night we looked at John 3:16-17 and talked about God's Promise of Salvation. Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Evening Service On April 15, 2018 Series Title: "The Promises of God" Sermon Title: "God's Promise of Salvation" Scripture Text: John 3:16-17 https://archive.org/download/GodsPromiseOfSalvation/GodsPromiseOfSalvation-EveningService04152018.mp3

On Sunday nights I have been preaching through a series titled "The Promises of God."  This week we looked at God's Promise to Noah that He would never destroy the entire world again.  At first, in preparing for this sermon, I through that the story was not worth talking about in our discussion of the promises of God yet I realize now how awesome the story.  Noah's experience is clearly an example of God's amazing grace and love for mankind.  Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Evening Service On March 25, 2018 Series Title: "The Promises of God" Sermon Title: "God's Promise to Noah" Scripture Text: Genesis 6-9 https://archive.org/download/GodsPromiseToNoah/GodsPromiseToNoah-EveningService04082018.mp3

Sunday morning I began preaching through the Gospel of Luke.  Luke is an amazing man who often gets forgotten about when discussing New Testament people.  Yet Luke is credited with writing 28% of the New Testament (Gospel of Luke and Book of Acts).  We began our prolonged study of Luke's Gospel by getting some contextual information about the circumstances surrounding the book. Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Morning Service On April 1, 2018 Series Title: Preaching through the Gospel of Luke Sermon Title: "The Gospel According to Luke" Scripture Text: Luke 1:1-4 https://archive.org/download/TheGospelAccordingToLuke/TheGospelAccordingToLuke-MorningService04082018.mp3

Praise God for our risen Savior! We had a great Easter Sunday service yesterday.  I preached the last of a four part series on the 23rd Psalm and talked about how Christians have hope for their earthly and eternal futures because of our resurrected Savior.    Sermon by Rev. Dan Squezello At Central Baptist Church, Niles, Ohio Morning Service On April 1, 2018  Title: The Lord is My Shepherd Part 4: "Hope for the Future" Text: Psalm 23:4 https://archive.org/download/TheLordIsYourShepherdPart4hopeForTheFuture/TheLordIsYourShepherdPart4-HopeForTheFuture-MorningService04012018.mp3