Central Church Sermons

Pastor Matt finishes this sermon series with the question, "Why do bad things happen to good people?" Suffering is a part of our lives, and Pastor Matt looks at scripture to see why suffering exists and what we should do about it. 

In this sermon Dr. Ernie Frey teaches from the book of Acts

In this sermon Pastor Matt concludes his teaching series entitled "The Counselor's Couch"

In this sermon Pastor Matt continues his teaching series entitled "The Counselor's Couch"

In this sermon Pastor Matt begins the second section of his series entitled "The Counselor's Couch" as he takes a biblical look at depression and how God helps us overcome it.

In this sermon Pastor Matt continues his sermon series entitled "The Counselor's Couch"

In this sermon Pastor Matt continues his teaching series entitled "The Counselor's Couch"

In this sermon Pastor Matt continues his series entitled "The Counselor's Couch"

In this sermon Pastor Matt begins his sermon series entitled "The Counselor's Couch"

In this sermon Pastor Matt shows us the Hope of Easter and how the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus destroys all of our doubts and insecurities.

In this sermon Pastor Matt concludes his series on temptation entitled "Fatal Attractions"

In this sermon Pastor Matt continues his teaching series in Luke entitled Fatal Attractions

Have you ever played the game Telephone? A group of people stand in a line and pass a message down, then you compare the original message and what was received at the other end; usually it's nothing like the original message. How'd the message become so distorted and how can we avoid that in the future? In this sermon Greg Sukert shows us how to avoid distorting God's message by prioritizing the things of our heavenly father instead of his messengers and the things of this world.

In this sermon Pastor Matt continues his teaching series titled "Fatal Attractions"

In Mark 9, we see the transfiguration of Jesus. In this passage, Jesus is described as radiantly glowing. His beauty and majesty is beyond compare. As we look at the temptations in our lives, we must come to the realization that to overcome our fatal attractiosn, we must be attracted to something even greater. 

What do you do when a pipe starts leaking? What about a fire starting in the kitchen trash? Do you ignore them because they're small? No, you'd take action to fix the problem before it gets worse; so why don't we treat sin this way? In this sermon, Pastor Matt starts his series titled Fatal Attractions on an extreme note by showing us that no matter the size of the sin, we should take extreme actions to follow after God and not the temptation.

In this sermon Pastor Matt concludes his teaching series entitled Welcome to Strongsville in Luke chapter 3.

What's the difference between religion and a relationship? The bible tells us that good deeds won't earn salvation, yet so many of us fall into ruts of trying to earn our way into heaven through our own strength. In this sermon, Pastor Matt continues his study of Luke 3 and examines how John the Baptist called God's people to repent.

January at Central is Sanctity of Life month, and as it comes to a close we invited Mark Spence to deliver a message about how we as Christians should respond to the topic of abortion and to show us the Biblical evidence that even in the womb we are made in the image of God our father.

Muscular Christian Living requires us to have a strong voice to carry God's stronger message. In this sermon Pastor Matt teaches us how John the Baptist used God's strength to empower the message of repentance and forgiveness God has for His people.