Centre Church

Speaker: Matt Menzel

Date: August 11, 2019

Text: Joshua 22

Joshua 22 begins the fourth and final major section of the book. After entering the promised land, taking the land, and dividing the land the people turn their attention to living in the land. But the first obstacle they face is not what they had hoped for. In this sermon we'll be called as a church to step into the role we've been given as minsters of grace in each other's lives.

Speaker: Mark Burch

Date: August 4, 2019

Text: Joshua 21

God has always given leaders to His people; to care for them, provoke them to godliness, and most importantly, to continually point them back to God. They are identified as "gifts" to the people of God. A key responsibility for every church today is to be looking for and calling out the next generation of leaders. What a joy to see young leaders stepping out to follow God's calling!

Speaker: Josh Dool

Date: July 28, 2019

Text: Joshua 20

In this sermon we will look at how God's justice and mercy are on display through the cities of refuge, and examine how Jesus being our place of refuge presents a call and a challenge to the church today.

Speaker: Mark Burch

Date: July 21, 2019

Text: Joshua 13-19

In Joshua chapters 13-19 we see the Israelites now "in the land" but not yet enjoying the "rest" they have longed for. Israel is an example to us that it is possible for the people of God to miss out on God's best. We can be "saved" but not "fully free." As such, we would be wise to take the admonitions of Hebrews 3:7-8 seriously: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion..."

Speaker: Aaron Boswell

Date: July 14, 2019

Text: Joshua 10-12

This week's sermon walks through Joshua 10, one of the most difficult chapters in the Bible, reminding us of the sovereignty of God, the severity of sin, the judgment that we deserve, and the offer of mercy that God extends to us only through Jesus. We will explore Genesis 15 and 18 in order to set the stage for looking at the events of Joshua 10-12, as we seek the light of the Gospel in the darkest of chapters.

Speaker: Matt Menzel

Date: July 7, 2019

Text: Joshua 8:30-9:27

After Joshua and the people deal with their own propensity for self-sabotage through confession and repentance the scene immediately shifts back to the enemies around them. But instead of a head on attack the battle requires the discernment of deception. How does the deception come? Why do the people lower their guard? And what does this mean for followers of Jesus with a very real enemy in this world?

Speaker: Matt Menzel

Date: June 30, 2019

Text: Joshua 7:1-26

Joshua chapter seven is the first time we see Israel suffer defeat since the handoff from Moses to Joshua. What happened to their divine defence? What was it that got in the way? And what can we, as Jesus followers today, learn about cultivating a life in the presence of God through it?

Speaker: Norm Funk

Date: June 23, 2019

Text: Philippians 1:3-11

In what is my last sermon as a pastor at Westside I want nothing more than to express my thanks to the Lord and to the Body of Westside and do so by borrowing from Paul and Philippians 1:3-11.

Speaker: Norm Funk

Date: June 17, 2019

Text: Joshua 6:1-27

Joshua 6 records the battle Joshua and the people of God fought against Jericho. But a battle fought by faith, and in faith, and in obedience to the promises of God.

Speaker: Matt Menzel

Date: June 9, 2019

Text: Joshua 5:1-15

As we turn our attention to Joshua five we're going to be faced with several beautiful realities of the gospel. That those who come to Jesus no longer belong to themselves, that the God who leads us is a God of perfect provision, and that our worship in Spirit and truth is the way to dismantle strongholds and push back the darkness. As Jesus' people are marked more and more by these realities Jesus fame will spread through our city, province, country, and world!