To an Unknown God For the last two months, Centenary has had a man preaching on the sidewalk during our Sunday services. I found out a couple of weeks ago that he’s done the same at First Presbyterian, First Baptist, and Christ Episcopal. He seems to make rounds on Sunday morning. His message isn’t about the grace of God in the love of Christ. Instead, he threatens people going into our churches with eternal punishment. He doesn’t know us, yet he accuses us of sodomy and adul

Children of a Lesser God I’ve observed in my years of pastoral ministry that few Christians understand the concept of resurrection. We’re taught from a young age that we have an immortal soul that ascends to Heaven if we have faith or descends to Hell if we don’t. We teach this, preach it, and weave it into our funeral liturgies. Yet this disembodied afterlife isn’t really a biblical concept. It comes from the ancient Greek philosophers, and we’ve used it to conceal what the

No Condemnation If we’re honest, most of us want those who have hurt us or our loved ones to be punished rather than rehabilitated. It doesn’t seem fair for them to avoid retribution, even if they change and become better people. In fact, many of us want not only the people who hurt us to be punished, but also those we don’t like or agree with. Taken to its logical extreme—which is usually the case—many of us hope that hell will be full of people who didn’t meet our standards

The Answer is No: NO TOLERANCE Starting Sunday, we’ll explore key aspects of authentic Christian discipleship with the three-week sermon...

Our last song for September is called “Get Along,” and it can be heard here: LINK . The song asks a simple question: “Can’t we all get...

September Sermon Series: Week 2 This Sunday, we will continue our sermon series connecting Scripture with some of my favorite Kenny...

September Sermon Series During September, I will be preaching a sermon series that connects Scripture with some of my favorite Kenny...

Jesus Never Do you remember when Jesus said, “ Hate the sin, love the sinner? ” Do you know where in the Gospels He said it? Nowhere. It...

Counting the Cost What does it take to follow Jesus? Well, in Luke 14, Jesus tells us what it costs. Family? Check. Wealth? Check. Even...

Only One Prayer It’s often said that “Prayer changes things,” and that’s partly true: It changes US.  God is our Best Friend, our...

Only One Thing This coming Sunday—to paraphrase motivational writer and speaker Steven Covey—I’ll talk about “keeping the main thing the...

One in Christ We celebrated Pentecost two weeks ago. A snapshot of Jerusalem on the first Pentecost would have shown men, women, and...

This Sunday is Pentecost Sunday, which is often referred to as the birthday of the Church. The telling of Pentecost in Acts 2 is a story...

Please join us tonight, Friday, May 30th, at 6:30pm for our Children's and Youth Choir Presentation of "Back to the Beginning: A New...

The Peace of Christ Is it possible, in a world of constant turmoil and seemingly never-ending suffering, to ever experience true peace?...

This coming Sunday is Mother's Day. Honor or remember the mothers and mother-figures in your life, and worship with your church family....

Graduate Recognition Sunday This Sunday, we will recognize members of our Centenary United Methodist Church family who are graduating...

Doubting Who? Christ is risen! It may not be Easter Sunday, but we continue the journey of encountering Jesus throughout the fifty-day...

Palm / Passion Sunday  Some may remember when the Sunday before Easter was called “Palm Sunday,” which celebrated Jesus’ triumphal entry...

Eyes on the Prize It’s easy for Christians to “lose the narrative.” We can be seduced into believing the Church is nothing more than a...