In this parable, Jesus gives us a surprising picture of what it means to have a self, what it means for that self to be lost, and especially what it means for that self to be found!     watch       itunes  

In this parable, Jesus gives us a surprising picture of what it means to have a self, what it means for that self to be lost, and especially what it means for that self to be found! <a href="https://youtu.be/Tknz6rtSJ80" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Picture This: The Parables of the Kingdom - "Picture Redemption"

There's a seed of superiority in each of us. Unaddressed, it will grow into an oak tree of hatred and destruction. In this parable, Jesus offers us a picture of how the kingdom of God plants a whole new life in us.     watch       itunes  

There's a seed of superiority in each of us. Unaddressed, it will grow into an oak tree of hatred and destruction. In this parable, Jesus offers us a picture of how the kingdom of God plants a whole new life in us. <a href="https://youtu.be/dEP8G_AzqsA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Picture This: The Parables of the Kingdom - "Picture Grace"

No matter what your picture of reality is, this famous passage presents challenges for all of us. But it also has surprises that invite you into a better, more beautiful version of the picture you already have.     watch       itunes  

No matter what your picture of reality is, this famous passage presents challenges for all of us. But it also has surprises that invite you into a better, more beautiful version of the picture you already have. <a href="https://youtu.be/PPfotklGZUk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Picture This: The Parables of the Kingdom - "Picture Judgment"

When you face the hardest things in life, what do you need more than anything else? In the breathtaking conclusion of Romans 8, the apostle Paul shows us.     watch       itunes  

When you face the hardest things in life, what do you need more than anything else? In the breathtaking conclusion of Romans 8, the apostle Paul shows us. <a href="https://youtu.be/f8xrJf2OVyQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "Good Faith"

There’s an old saying: Religious people are so heavenly minded they’re no earthly good. It makes sense why people would say this. But what if it’s a false choice? What if the gospel offers us a hope that brings heaven and earth together?     Watch       itunes       Discussion Questions  

There’s an old saying: Religious people are so heavenly minded they’re no earthly good. It makes sense why people would say this. But what if it’s a false choice? What if the gospel offers us a hope that brings heaven and earth together? <a href="https://youtu.be/6kcJM5ui6yA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/Romans-818-25-Discussion-Questions.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Discussion Questions </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "Groaning and Glory"

As human beings, our access to love depends on feeling worthy of it. But that leads to a life of fear. What if we could find a way to live that’s less driven by fear? This week’s passage takes us right to the very heartbeat of God’s work in our life to heal our fear.     watch       Learn more       Discussion Questions  

As human beings, our access to love depends on feeling worthy of it. But that leads to a life of fear. What if we could find a way to live that’s less driven by fear? This week’s passage takes us right to the very heartbeat of God’s work in our life to heal our fear. <a href="https://youtu.be/7083rZu_da4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Learn more </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/Romans-812-17-Discussion-Questions.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Discussion Questions </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "Led by the Spirit"

It’s often easier to name the pain of things we don’t want than to articulate the desires we do want. But what if that pain is pointing us to something we’re made for? Paul shows us that something and its connection to our pain in Romans 8:6-13.     watch       itunes       Discussion Questions  

It’s often easier to name the pain of things we don’t want than to articulate the desires we do want. But what if that pain is pointing us to something we’re made for? Paul shows us that something and its connection to our pain in Romans 8:6-13. <a href="https://youtu.be/q4bqToBL3t0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/Romans-86-13-Discussion-Questions.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Discussion Questions </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "A Vision For You"

What is the truly good life? Does it even exist? And if it does, how would we go about finding it? Romans 8:5-9 shows us a picture of what that looks like.     watch       itunes  

What is the truly good life? Does it even exist? And if it does, how would we go about finding it? Romans 8:5-9 shows us a picture of what that looks like. <a href="https://youtu.be/aUxHzc04R7k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "Life And Peace"

What is true spirituality? At the beginning of Romans 8, the apostle Paul begins to explore this question with two of humanity's biggest problems, and God's ultimate solution.     watch       itunes  

What is true spirituality? At the beginning of Romans 8, the apostle Paul begins to explore this question with two of humanity's biggest problems, and God's ultimate solution. <a href="https://youtu.be/aUxHzc04R7k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "The Final Word"

We all live with the experience of inner conflict. Paul shows us in this passage in Romans that unless we are set free from our deepest problem that inner conflict threatens to be the death of us. Join us as we learn about the war within.     watch       itunes  

We all live with the experience of inner conflict. Paul shows us in this passage in Romans that unless we are set free from our deepest problem that inner conflict threatens to be the death of us. Join us as we learn about the war within. <a href="https://youtu.be/DGCw293YM3s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "The War Within"

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Finding the intimacy and belonging we long for is challenging. True intimacy requires radical vulnerability, which is risky and terrifying. In this passage, Paul shows us what it looks like to find the intimacy we long for in Christ.     watch       itunes  

Finding the intimacy and belonging we long for is challenging. True intimacy requires radical vulnerability, which is risky and terrifying. In this passage, Paul shows us what it looks like to find the intimacy we long for in Christ. <a href="https://youtu.be/qyEAgXz5sFg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "That You May Belong"

Slavery is a problematic topic in any culture, not least our own. But in this passage, the apostle Paul shows us the nature of our spiritual slavery and a freedom that goes beyond anything we could imagine.     watch       itunes  

Slavery is a problematic topic in any culture, not least our own. But in this passage, the apostle Paul shows us the nature of our spiritual slavery and a freedom that goes beyond anything we could imagine. <a href="https://youtu.be/VmFtswzpgks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "Mastered By Grace"

What if the life you long for - but have never really found - is available, but to find it you have to experience a kind of death? It sounds counter-intuitive. But that’s exactly what the apostle Paul shows us in this passage.We experienced some technical difficulties at the end of this livestream. You can download the full manuscript of the sermon below.      watch       itunes       download manuscript  

What if the life you long for - but have never really found - is available, but to find it you have to experience a kind of death? It sounds counter-intuitive. But that’s exactly what the apostle Paul shows us in this passage.We experienced some technical difficulties at the end of this livestream. You can download the full manuscript of the sermon below. <a href="https://youtu.be/8s2ODQ3IaMY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/Good-Death-publish.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> download manuscript </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "Good Death"

Human beings want to belong. In this passage, we read the story of two families – one to which we naturally belong and the other, a supernatural family, into which we are invited.      watch       itunes  

Human beings want to belong. In this passage, we read the story of two families – one to which we naturally belong and the other, a supernatural family, into which we are invited. <a href="https://youtu.be/pBodhYKOhkw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "The Story of Two Families"

You can’t know how to live unless you know what kind of story you’re in. In this passage, the apostle Paul introduces some of the most famous chapters in the Bible by giving us an overview of the Christian story, and inviting us into it.     watch       itunes  

You can’t know how to live unless you know what kind of story you’re in. In this passage, the apostle Paul introduces some of the most famous chapters in the Bible by giving us an overview of the Christian story, and inviting us into it. <a href="https://youtu.be/iGI5LNjrBi8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Romans 5-8: New Life In Christ - "Invitation To A Story"

What do we do about the darkness of this world? What does the future hold for this world? Those are huge, scary questions. But this passage gives us answers through this mysterious experience called the transfiguration of Jesus.     watch       itunes  

What do we do about the darkness of this world? What does the future hold for this world? Those are huge, scary questions. But this passage gives us answers through this mysterious experience called the transfiguration of Jesus. <a href="https://youtu.be/q0riLYY8MUQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a>

Strange Encounters With Jesus: The Transfiguration

Love in the shadow of death. That’s a poetic way of describing life as we know it. But what if you could know a love that would never die? Someone you could love and be loved by forever? In the miracle of raising his friend from death to life, Jesus reveals how and who that love could be.     watch       itunes       Discussion Questions  

Love in the shadow of death. That’s a poetic way of describing life as we know it. But what if you could know a love that would never die? Someone you could love and be loved by forever? In the miracle of raising his friend from death to life, Jesus reveals how and who that love could be. <a href="https://youtu.be/7u1hJAKUj1k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/Discussion-questions-from-Feb-22-2022-sermon.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Discussion Questions </a>

Strange Encounters With Jesus: Dying Into Death

Even when life is at its best, there’s something about it that still leaves us disappointed. What if there was something that didn’t erase the disappointments of this world, but transformed your experience of them by giving you a taste of a future joy for which this present world is headed?     Watch       itunes       Discussion Questions  

Even when life is at its best, there’s something about it that still leaves us disappointed. What if there was something that didn’t erase the disappointments of this world, but transformed your experience of them by giving you a taste of a future joy for which this present world is headed? <a href="https://youtu.be/24zSnYnVrKQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/John-21-11-Discussion-Questions.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Discussion Questions </a>

Strange Encounters With Jesus: Water Into Wine

We think of our lives as a story. But every good story has a struggle, and our stories are no different. How do we face our struggle with evil? Even if you’re skeptical that you struggle with evil, this passage helps all of us.     Watch       itunes       Discussion Questions  

We think of our lives as a story. But every good story has a struggle, and our stories are no different. How do we face our struggle with evil? Even if you’re skeptical that you struggle with evil, this passage helps all of us. <a href="https://youtu.be/zvDn1LOs838" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/Luke-41-13-Discussion-Questions.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Discussion Questions </a>

Strange Encounters With Jesus: Tempted In The Wilderness

When we refuse to see people for who they truly are, that blindness has destructive power in our relationships. This week Jesus shows us that if we are blind to who He truly is, then we can’t see others or even ourselves for who we truly are. Join us for another strange encounter with Jesus.     Watch       itunes       Discussion Questions  

When we refuse to see people for who they truly are, that blindness has destructive power in our relationships. This week Jesus shows us that if we are blind to who He truly is, then we can’t see others or even ourselves for who we truly are. Join us for another strange encounter with Jesus. <a href="https://youtu.be/NkbgXyFl1N4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Watch </a> <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/central-west-end-church/id1115782223" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> itunes </a> <a href="http://www.centralwestendchurch.com/s/Discussion-Questions_-Mark-8_22-31.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Discussion Questions </a>

Strange Encounters With Jesus: The Miracle That Didn't Work

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