http://www.gracecentral.org Messages from Grace Central Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Columbus, Ohio en Messages from Grace Central Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Columbus, Ohio Grace Central no Grace Central Sermon Audio rae@gracecentral.org ℗ & © 2008 Grace Central 720 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/high-jacked-attacked-and-set-back-ezra-4 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/high-jacked-attacked-and-set-back-ezra-4.mp3 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:40:08 CDT Greg Blosser Ezra: Building the Urban Temple ezra,temple,temple_building,rebuilding,opposition 51:54 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/unity-and-the-mind-of-christ-philippians-21-8 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/unity-and-the-mind-of-christ-philippians-21-8.mp3 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:42:06 CDT John Cline Special unity,solidarity,service,humility,selflessness,philippians,mind_of_christ 25:04 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/worship-work-weeping--joy-ezra-3 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/worship-work-weeping--joy-ezra-3.mp3 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:43:24 CDT Greg Blosser Ezra: Building the Urban Temple 61:47 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/exiles--outcasts-ezra-2 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/exiles--outcasts-ezra-2.mp3 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:06:14 CDT Greg Blosser Ezra: Building the Urban Temple 51:29 When God calls his people to a mission, they're usually utterly incapable of doing it. It is God who provides the resources -- people, promises, and power -- to complete what he calls his people to do. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/mission--provision-ezra-1 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/mission--provision-ezra-1.mp3 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:38:11 CDT Greg Blosser Ezra: Building the Urban Temple ezra,church_planting,mission,provision,temple,rebuilding 49:49 Greg Blosser and Mike Donahoe share details of what God is calling Grace Central to do and to be over the next ten years. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/grace-centrals-10-year-vision http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/an-unpromising-beginning-grace-centrals-10-year-vision.mp3 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:41:46 CDT Greg Blosser Special evangelism,great_commission,church_planting,vision,multi-congregational 60:45 Greg unpacks Psalm 139 (with some context from the creation account in Genesis) to show the beauty, tragedy, and irony inherent in motherhood, and how Christ transforms both mothers and children through the Gospel. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/mothers-day-2008-psalm-1391-18 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/mothers-day-2008-psalm-1391-18.mp3 Sun, 11 May 2008 09:36:28 CDT Greg Blosser Special mothers,mother's_day,parents,parenting,children 49:12 Focusing our study in Colossians 3:11 this week, we look at how all Christians are united to eachother in their unity with Christ. (The first ten minutes or so of this sermon were accidentally cut off due to some technical issues. Sorry, folks!) http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/dear-church-you-are-united-in-christ-colossians-311 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/colossians-311.mp3 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:00:06 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,unity,diversity,church,body_of_christ 39:10 Colossians 3:1-17 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/colossians-31-17 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/colossians-31-17.mp3 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:00:28 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians 39:55 Colossians 3:1-9 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/colossians-31-9 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/colossians-31-9.mp3 Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:00:34 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church malice,wrath,anger,colossians 49:07 Colossians 3:1-7 "Sex Matters, Sin Destroys, and Jesus Saves". http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/sex-sin-and-jesus-colossians-31-7 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/sex-sin-and-jesus-colossians-31-7.mp3 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:00:44 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,sex,sexual_sin,sexual_immorality,marriage 53:59 Greg continues our series in Colossians, focusing in on the first few verses of chapter 3. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/resurrection-life-colossians-31-4 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/colossians-31-4.mp3 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:00:48 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,mindset,mind_of_christ 49:44 This week, Greg Blosser teaches from John 20:1-18 on how, in the resurrection of Christ from the dead, God has already done everything necessary to rescue his people. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/easter-2008-john-201-18 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/easter-2008-john-201-18.mp3 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:00:31 CDT Greg Blosser Special easter,resurrection,john 41:30 le-gal-ism (LEE-guh-liz-uhm) [n.]: 1) An attempt to save ourselves by our own moral or religious effort 2) Placing our identity in our moral or religious performance, belonging to the "right" religious group (or subgroup, or sub-subgroup) 3) Trusting in religion, rather than Christ, to provide what we need for life and our connection with God Just as there were some in the Colossian church who were trying to tell others that they were somehow "disqualified" to receive God's love and care, there are often voices telling us the same. Maybe it's because of what we wear or what we eat or drink, and the voices can come from varied sources -- other people, churches, even ourselves. Regardless, believing this can cause us to rely on some outward action -- not Christ -- to re-connect us with God. The Apostle Paul warns us against these things, assuring us that in Christ, God has already qualified us. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/only-jesus-breaks-the-power-of-legalism-colossians-216-23 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/only-jesus-breaks-the-power-of-legalism-colossians-216-23.mp3 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:00:53 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church grace,law,legalism,colossians 43:24 For Christians, there's a constant danger of being swept away, captured by false teachings and false philosophies that surround us in the world, and that crop up in our own hearts and minds -- falsehoods that oppose the Gospel which we've been taught and which we believe. The Apostle Paul warned the Colossian church -- and us -- of these very things. Because only Christ can save us from being swept away, we must be rooted and established in him. Only then can our spiritual lives take the upward trajectory -- the wings -- promised in Scripture. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/roots-down-wings-up-colossians-26-7 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/roots-down-wings-up-colossians-26-7.mp3 Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:00:57 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church wings,roots,false_teachings,false_doctrine,colossians 42:40 "Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving." Because we are loved and accepted by God, even in our broken and misshapen state, we are therefore called to walk out -- to live out -- the good news of the Gospel. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/dear-church-walk-this-way-colossians-26-7 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/dear-church-walk-this-way-colossians-26-7.mp3 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:01:29 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians 43:46 Colossians 2:1-5 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/colossians-21-5 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/colossians-21-5.mp3 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 09:01:24 CDT Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,church,community,body_of_christ,interdependence 38:46 Colossians 1:28-29 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/colossians-128-29 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/colossians-128-29.mp3 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:17:37 CST Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,preaching,evangelism,proclamation 45:20 Colossians 1:21-23 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/dear-church-hold-on-to-hope-colossians-121-23 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/dear-church-hold-on-to-hope-colossians-121-23.mp3 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 12:35:26 CST Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,hope,sufficiency_of_christ,conversion,salvation 47:23 This week, we take a look at Colossians 1:15-20 and see that Christmas -- the inbreaking of God's Son into our world and our humanity -- is the cure for our practical gnosticism. There's no "secret" knowledge beyond Christ that we need to be whole. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/christmas-is-for-gnostics-colossians-115-20 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/christmas-is-for-gnostics-colossians-115-19.mp3 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:02:53 CST Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,christmas,advent,gnosticism,sufficiency_of_christ 39:49 Like so many of us today, the Christians in Colossae often wondered if Jesus -- if the Gospel they had come to believe in -- was really enough to meet their needs, not only for eternity, but for the here and now. This week, we look at verses 9 through 14 of Colossians 1 and see that Paul tells them (and us) that yes, Christ provides everything we need, and we can ask God with confidence for everything that he has already provided to us. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/dear-church-jesus-really-is-enough-colossians-19-14 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/dear-church-jesus-really-is-enough-colossians-19-14.mp3 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:36:13 CST Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church power,knowledge,sufficiency_of_jesus,sufficiency_of_christ,sufficiency,colossians 40:58 Jonathan Weyer teaches from Matthew 6:25-34 on what it means to rest in God's grace, being secure in the new identity he's given us in Christ. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/resting-in-grace-matthew-625-34 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/resting-in-grace-matthew-625-34.mp3 Sun, 25 Nov 2007 10:49:03 CST Jonathan Weyer Special matthew,identity,security,fear,anxiety,rest,grace 34:43 Continuing our study of the first eight verses of Paul's letter to the Colossian church, we examine the "How" of our growth in Christ -- the ways in which Christ changes and matures us. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/dear-church-look-how-youve-grown-part-b-colossians-11-8 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/dear-church-look-how-youve-grown-part-b-colossians-11-8.mp3 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:28:16 CST Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,growth 53:21 The church in Colossae shared quite a bit in common with us at Grace Central. They were a relatively new church, living in a pluralistic society with all sorts of viewpoints, religions, and philosophies that competed with Christ for their allegiance. In his letter to the Colossian church, the Apostle Paul assures them that Christ is more than enough to meet their needs. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/dear-church-look-how-youve-grown-part-a-colossians-11-8 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/dear-church-look-how-youve-grown-part-a-colossians-11-8.mp3 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:15:12 CST Greg Blosser Colossians: Letter to a Young Church colossians,pluralism,growth 51:34 Wrapping up the last couple of messages on the issues of predestination and foreknowledge, we unpack Romans 8 and 9 a little further and answer related questions from the congregation raised in the last few weeks. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/predestination-qa-romans-828-30 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/predestination-qa-romans-828-30.mp3 Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:49:19 CST Greg Blosser Romans romans,predestination,foreknowledge,free_will 63:11 Here we make a brief departure from our series in Romans to get back to a couple of basic questions: as a church, who are we and why are we here? Why does this city need yet another church? We look at Acts 14 and see that the local church is the hope of the world (and by necessity, of the city). http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/whats-important-to-god-whats-important-to-grace-central http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/whats-important-to-god-whats-important-to-grace-central.mp3 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 09:49:27 CST Greg Blosser Special grace_central,acts,the_church,local_church,city,columbus 47:34 The question of predestination inevitably brings up the question “but what about ‘free will’”. The answer is this: “yes, God does have free will.” We examine Romans 9 this week and see that God does not abuse his free will, but that he is sovereign, merciful, and free in exercising his will upon all of creation. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/but-what-about-free-will-romans-91-5 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/but-what-about-free-will-romans-91-5.mp3 Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:45:27 CST Greg Blosser Romans freedom,sovereignty,responsibility,free_will,romans 49:54 “Predestination.” The word by itself is enough to evoke strongly negative and positive reactions from an equal number of people. But what is predestination? What does the Bible have to say about it, and what does it mean for the Christian and the Church? Can the idea of predestination actually be of comfort? This week, we take a look at Romans 8:28-30, where Paul delivers the comforting news to the Roman church that they are among God’s chosen people, forever secure in Christ. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/there-is-no-plan-b-romans-828-30 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/there-is-no-plan-b-romans-828-30.mp3 Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:50:01 CST Greg Blosser Romans security,election,comfort,predestination,romans 43:53 In Romans 8:14-18, Paul encourages the Roman church with the news that they have been adopted as true children of God. As God’s people today, we can take this same encouragement, knowing that our loving Father protects us through suffering, provides for us through our failings, and accepts us though others may reject us. We can face life without fear. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/adopted-children-can-face-life-fearlessly-romans-814-18 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/adopted-children-can-face-life-fearlessly-romans-814-18.mp3 Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:45:14 CST Greg Blosser Romans acceptance,provision,protection,fear,adoption,romans 47:05 Christian, take comfort! Freedom is alive in you! Last week, we looked at Romans 8:1-4 and examined the objective realities — things that are true outside of us — of the freedom Christ gives us. This week, we deal with the same passage, this time taking a look at how these realities affect us — subjectively. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/romans-81-4-part-2 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/romans-81-4-part-2.mp3 Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:45:02 CST Greg Blosser Romans freedom,romans 51:46 Romans 8 is one of the most comfort-filled portions of the New Testament. This week, we examine the first four verses, along with related passages from the Old Testament, to see the objective realities of justification. Here, the Apostle Paul ensures us that those who are in Christ face no condemnation from the Law, and shows us that God is the initiator of relationship between Himself and humankind. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/romans-81-4-part-1 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/romans-81-4.mp3 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 09:44:45 CST Greg Blosser Romans romans,grace,comfort,law 47:44 Contrary to some of our hopes, becoming a Christian does not automatically and fully remove the influence of sin on our lives. Likewise, our forgiveness isn’t a license to remain in our sin-infested state. In the second part of Romans 7, the Apostle Paul writes about our sanctification — our being made holy in Christ — and how it is an “already/not yet” reality. “Already” in the sense that we have been made holy in God’s sight; “not yet” in the sense that sin, while no longer our master, still rears its ugly head if it’s given the opportunity. Thanks be to God, he’s still working on us. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/romans-77-25 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/romans-77-25.mp3 Sun, 15 Jan 2006 19:21:05 CST Greg Blosser Romans romans,sanctification,holiness 46:08 This week, we resume our verse-by-verse series in Romans. What is the Law? What does it do? It is an accuser? A taskmaster? A relentless reminder of our human shortcomings? We examine Romans 7:1-6 to see that it serves one of two roles in our lives: master or servant. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/romans-71-6 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/romans-71-6.mp3 Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:43:13 CST Greg Blosser Romans romans,law,grace 45:31 Even in the midst of wildnerness and wandering, God speaks words of blessing into our lives. This week, we examine the three-fold blessing God gave to Aaron for Israel, recorded in Numbers 6:22-27, and consider its implications for our lives today. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/numbers-622-27 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/numbers-622-27.mp3 Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:44:07 CST Greg Blosser Special numbers,israel,benediction,blessing,wilderness 38:09 On the final Sunday of Advent, we look at Matthew 1:18-25 and Luke 2:1-7 to see how God, by breaking into human history and taking on human flesh, changed everything. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/christmas-changes-everything http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/christmas-changes-everything.mp3 Sun, 18 Dec 2005 09:42:34 CST Greg Blosser Advent 2005 christmas_advent 36:26 The Christmas season is thought of as a time of fun with family, of giving, of love, and of peace. While it's right and good to enjoy these things, it's important to see Christmas for what it is at its root: an act of war. On this, the third week of Advent 2005, we examine Matthew 1 and Genesis 3 to recover this truth. http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/christmas-is-an-act-of-war http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/christmas-is-an-act-of-war.mp3 Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:42:19 CST Greg Blosser Advent 2005 christmas_advent 43:41 http://www.gracecentral.org/sermon/how-to-sing-the-blues-part-1 http://www.gracecentral.org/mediafiles/how-to-sing-the-blues-part-1-psalm-42.mp3 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 14:30:11 CDT Greg Blosser Depression, Anxiety, Sorrow, & the Struggle for Belief depression,anxiety,sorrow,belief 15:18