God has blessed us with many special gifts including our health, time, talents, spiritual gifts, money and possessions. He has given these gifts to us in large part to partner with Him in bringing people into relationship with Himself and to accomplish His redemptive purposes in the world. Will we hold these gifts with an open hand or will we keep our gifts hidden, or don’t step out and use what we’ve been given for the purposes He intended?

This second part of “Pursuing the Kingdom’ series looks at how the economy of God’s Kingdom works in comparison to the way our world’s economy operates. God’s Kingdom has an economy and He calls us to use our time, talent and treasure to contribute to the health and advancement of His Kingdom. If we believe God and commit to follow Him, our lives, values and priorities will be significantly different than those in our culture who do not follow Jesus as Lord.

There is a powerful correlation between the state of our spiritual life and what we do with our time, talent and treasure. A lifestyle of generosity is normal for the disciple of Jesus. Our hearts are broken by the things that break the heart of God and therefore we seek to be the hands and feet of Jesus by introducing people to Jesus and being generous with all we have received from the Lord. This sermon begins a three part series on “Pursuing the Kingdom”.

The annual Vision address to Centre Street Church by the senior pastor is the focus of this sermon. There is a looking back at what God has done, what He is doing and then a vision of where God is leading Centre Street. It will provide a greater understanding of what we’re about as a church, where we’re going as a church and even why we do some of the things we do as a church.

Very few people would deny that they are a truth-seeker, even if they aren't one! In this message from guest speaker, Sean McDowell, Christians are given tools to be more thoughtful about their faith and to talk about it with others. If you are a truly a seeker of truth, it is reasonable and necessary to examine and consider the evidence for and against faith with an open mind.