Centre Street Church Audio Sermons

If we believe Jesus lives, what ramifications does this truth have on our identity, our values and the way we live our lives? This is the focus of the message this Resurrection Weekend.

We all want to make a difference. We all want our lives to count for something. The question is what if it isn’t happening? How do we resolve our disappointment and keep on keeping on? In Matthew 20, two disciples asked Jesus if He would authorize them to sit on His right and left in His Kingdom. They aspired to be in positions of greatness, positions of significance and influence. Jesus response to them is instructive to all who want to make a difference, to those who want their lives to be great or significant.

This final message on James is focused on the importance of being in community with other believers and how we should respond when people we know and love wander from the faith.

What does it mean to pray ‘in the name of the Lord’? What is the ‘prayer offered in faith’? Will those who are sick be healed if they have enough faith or those praying for them have enough faith? These are some of the questions this sermon addresses from James 5:13-18.

How would the world look differently today if all your prayers this past week had been answered? In this week's message Pastor Ashwin Ramani speaks from Acts 4. Because of the early church's bold prayers, the world changed drastically within the span of one generation. Throughout history, every time the church has been on the defensive it has been to great detriment. Instead, let us pray on the offence! Bold prayers rooted in God's character and God's word will change us, our nation, and the world.

Prayer isn’t part of the Christian life; it IS the Christian life because prayer is all about being in relationship with or communicating with God. Why is prayer important? Does prayer make a difference? These questions are of this sermon from James 5.

In our world today there is a general pessimism about family - so much so that many members of the younger generations are giving up on the institutions of marriage and family altogether. In this message Pastor Ashwin Ramani speaks from Psalm 128, revealing the beautiful plan for family found in the Bible. When we are living our lives in surrender to Christ, we do not face marriage and family alone. Instead, we have all the resources of heaven to call on! God wants to bless our families and has given us guidelines to help these important relationships to thrive. - See more at: http://www.cschurch.ca/sermons/general-sermons-2017/the-blessings-of-a-godly-home/#sthash.GTgEgsGu.dpuf

Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble.” (John 16:33) We face hardships, disappointments and suffering. We will be treated unfairly, because this world is broken and is far from what God intended it to be in the beginning. As Christ followers, how do we respond to these storms in our lives?

This sermon based on James 5:1-6 examines three warnings James gives to us about money and how we can break the hold it and our possessions tend to have in our lives.

Can we say that the North American church is bold and courageous? In Acts 4 we see that the early church boldly proclaimed the gospel. Around the world today, Christians are bold as they share their faith despite the possibility of persecution. What consequence are we afraid of in North America? Awkwardness. In this message, Ashwin reminds us the sources of our courage and encourages us to proclaim God's truth boldly.