Sermons

 

Here are a number of sermons that have been delivered recently at Central Presbyterian Church. The name of each sermon is a “clickable” link to the text of the sermon. Click your browser’s “Back” button to return to Central’s home page.

·        Christian Formation 301: Service and Silence
Rev. Tom Boone, July 20, 2008

·        Christian Formation 301: Adjusting to Heaven
Rev. Tom Boone, July 13, 2008

·        Christian Formation 301: Getting Off Our Pedestals
Rev. Tom Boone, July 6, 2008

·        Christian Formation 301: Doing What the Devil Doesn’t
Rev. Tom Boone, June 29,2008

·        The Rag Tag Army
Rev. William McLean, June 22, 2008

·        Christian Formation 301: Get Committed
Rev. Tom Boone, June 15, 2008

·        An Uncompromising Truth: Our Freedom
Rev. Tom Boone, June 8, 2008

·        An Uncompromising Truth: God’s Grace
Rev. Tom Boone, June 1, 2008

·        The Perfecting Process
Rev. Tom Boone, May 25, 2005

·        Wanted: An Honorable Heart
Rev. Tom Boone, May 18, 2008

·        Gaining Strength when the Chips are Down
Rev. Tom Boone, May 11, 2008

·        Sermon by Jennie Chapman
Mrs. Jennie Chapman, May 4, 2008

·        Coming Together So They Will Know God is With Us
Rev. Tom Boone, April 27, 2008

·        A Commitment to Love: Our Bottom Line
Rev. Tom Boone, April 20, 2008

·        A Lesson from Soil
Rev. Tom Boone, April 13, 2008

·        Calculating Odds with the God Factor
Rev. Tom Boone, April 6, 2008

·        Faith for Confusing Times
Rev. Brad Walker, March 30, 2008

·        Hiding the Good News
Rev. Tom Boone, Easter Sunday, March 23, 2008

·        The Value of You
Rev. Tom Boone, Maundy Thursday, March 20, 2008

·        A Tale of Two Donkeys
Rev. Tom Boone, Palm Sunday, March 16, 2008

·        If God Could Sell Your Fruit
Rev. Tom Boone, March 9, 2008

·        Unflappable Mercy
Rev. Tom Boone, March 2, 2008

·        Purity Matters
Rev. Tom Boone, February 24, 2008

·        Faith Between Chaos and Lulls
Rev. Tom Boone, February 17, 2008

·        Heavy Backpacks on God’s Shoulders
Rev. Tom Boone, February 10, 2008

·        The Difference Between ‘I’m Sorry’ and Repentance
Rev. Tom Boone, Ash Wednesday, February 6, 2008

·        Living up to Your Net Worth
Rev. Tom Boone, February 3, 2008

·        Since When Was This a Couch Potato Faith?
Rev. Tom Boone, January 27, 2008

·        God Uses Each of Us if We Let Him
Rev. Tom Boone, January 20, 2008

·        Confessing Decline; Claiming Renewal
Rev. Tom Boone, January 13, 2008

·        Reconsidering Eden
Rev. Tom Boone, January 6, 2008

·        A Misfit Savior for Misfit People
Rev. Tom Boone, December 30, 2007

·        A Christmas Meditation
Rev. Tom Boone, December 24, 2007

·        An Uncommon Joy
Rev. Tom Boone, December 16, 2007

·        What is This Peace of Christ?
Rev. Tom Boone, December 9, 2007

·        Hope Begins with Loss
Rev. Tom Boone, December 2, 2007

·        The Glory of Dappled Things
Rev Tom Boone, November 25, 2007

·        The Splendor of the Not Yet
Rev. Tom Boone, November 11, 2007

·        A Big Lesson from a Little Man
Rev. Tom Boone, November 4, 2007

·        Great Steps of Faith: the Courage to Commit
Rev. Tom Boone, October 28, 2007

·        What are We Worried About?
Rev. Tom Boone, October 21, 2007

·        Great Steps of Faith: Our Security Issues
Rev. Tom Boone, October 14, 2007

·        Arrogance Has No Place in Heaven
Rev. Tom Boone, October 7, 2007

·        Great Tests of Faith: When God Pushes Our Envelope
Rev. Tom Boone, September 30, 2007

·        Great Steps of Faith: Talents and Gifts
Rev. Tom Boone, September 23, 2007

·        Great Tests of Faith: Abraham
Rev. Tom Boone, September 16, 2007

·        A Brief Word About Faith
Rev. Tom Boone, September 9, 2007

·        Welcoming the Unwelcome-able: Transformation 101
Rev. Tom Boone, September 2, 2007

·        Courageous Love
Rev. Tom Boone, August 26, 2007

·        Courageous Hope
Rev. Tom Boone, August 19, 2007

·        Courageous Humility
Rev. Tom Boone, August 12, 2007

·        Courageous Humility
Rev. Tom Boone, August 5, 2007

·        Getting Back on Track Through Repentance & Purity
Rev. Tom Boone, July 29, 2007

·        Getting Back on Track with God’s Word
Rev. Tom Boone, July 21, 2007

·        Getting Back to our First Love
Rev. Tom Boone, July 15, 2007

·        Getting Back to the Exalted Christ
Rev. Tom Boone, July 8, 2007

·        Perceiving God’s Good Work Right Now!
Rev. Tom Boone, July 1, 2007

·        When Lives Touch, a Difference is Made
Rev. Ed Thomas, June 24,2007

·        Perceiving the Past, Perceiving Our Future, Part 3
Rev. Tom Boone, June 17, 2007

·        Forgetting the Past, Perceiving Our Future, Part 2
Rev. Tom Boone, June 10, 2007

·        Forgetting the Past, Perceiving Our Future
Rev. Tom Boone, June 3, 2007

·        Forgotten Past and Fresh Future
Rev. Tom Boone, Pentecost Sunday, May 27, 2007

·        Jesus’ Last Word: Unity
Rev. Tom Boone, May 20, 2007

·        Sinners in the Hands of an Amazing God
Rev. Tom Boone, May 13, 2007

·        Living the Dream
Rev. Tom Boone, May 6, 2007

·        Setting Our Course on a New Hope
Rev. Tom Boone, April 29, 2007

·        We Can Do What Jesus Asks of Us
Rev. Tom Boone, April 22, 2007

·        Being Happy in a Troubled Place
Rev. Tom Boone, April 15, 2007

·        Just When We Think it’s Over--God Acts!
Rev. Tom Boone, Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007

·        The Call to Reconcile
Rev. Tom Boone, April 5, 2007--Maundy Thursday

·        Following in the Footsteps of Jesus
Rev. Tom Boone, April 1, 2007--Palm Sunday

·        Community: a Past, a Present, and a Future
Rev. Tom Boone, March 25, 2007

·        Life Comes in the Morning
Rev. Tom Boone, March 18, 2007

·        ‘Neither do I Condemn You’
Rev. Taylor Morgan, March 11, 2007

·        ‘Amazing Grace’ – God’s Free Gift
Rev. Edwin Thomas, March 4, 2007

·        A Heart Won Over by Jesus
Rev. Tom Boone, February 18, 2007

·        Building for Eternity: the Case for Triumphant Faith
Rev. Tom Boone, February 11, 2007

·        An Invitation into Deeper Waters
Rev. Bill Seybert, February 4, 2007

·        From the Stories People Tell
Rev. Frank Tuggle, January 28, 2007

·        What are you Doing Here, Elijah?
Rev. Tom Boone, January 21, 2007

·        A Baffling Baptism
Rev. Bill Seybert, January 7, 2007

·        God Makes All Things New
Rev. Samford Turner, December 31, 2006

·        Peace: Christmas Worries
Rev. Drew Smith, December 24, 2006

·        Joy: Christmas Significance
Rev. Drew Smith, December 17, 2006

·        Hope of: Christmas Challenges
Rev. Drew Smith, December 3, 2006

·        The Give-and-Take of Hope
Rev. Bill Wills, November 19, 2006

·        Mega Size Meal
Rev. Drew Smith, November 12, 2006

·        X Marks the Spot
Rev. Drew Smith, October 29, 2006

·        The Church Visits the Cardiologist
Rev. Drew Smith, October 22, 2006

·        How do You Spell Success?
Rev. Drew Smith, October 15, 2006

·        Family Hold Back
Rev. Drew Smith, October 8, 2006

·        The Bay of Pigs
Rev. Drew Smith, October 1, 2006

·        Finding Peace in Humbling Circumstances
Rev. Thom Boone, September 24, 2006

·        Unclog the Arteries
Rev. Drew Smith, September 10, 2006

·        Only the Broken Need Fixin’
Rev. Drew Smith, September 3, 2006

·        Not Easy but Unstoppable
Rev. Drew Smith, August 27, 2006

·        Are You Ready for Some...?
Rev. Drew Smith, August 20, 2006

·        How to Waste Privilege
Rev. Drew Smith, August 13, 2006

·        Listen to the Angels
Rev. Drew Smith, August 6, 2006

·        It’s for You
Rev. Samford Turner, Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of South Alabama, July 30, 2006

·        Isn’t Joining the Church like Joining the Civitans?
Rev. Drew Smith, July 23, 2006

·        Whole Life Living
Rev. Drew Smith, July 9, 2006

·        Pro Deo Domo Patri
Jo Jane Van Hook, Elder, July 2, 2006

·        Saved for Service
Rev. Drew Smith, June 25, 2006

·        Acts 2:43-47
Nickie Patterson, Elder, June 18, 2006

·        How Can We Keep Silent?
Rev. Drew Smith, June 11, 2006

·        God’s Children
Karl Guggenbiller, Elder, June 4, 2006

·        Everybody Has a Hand On The Rope
Rev. Drew Smith, May 28, 2006

·        Loving Those Whom God Loves
Rev. Jerry Headrick, May 14, 2006

·        You Never Graduate
Rev. Drew Smith, May 7, 2006

·        Benefit #2: Gathering Together
Rev. Drew Smith, April 30, 2006

·        How Can We Keep Silent?
Rev. Drew Smith, April 23, 2006

·        It Isn’t Supposed to be Scary
Rev. Drew Smith, Easter Sunday, April 16, 2006

·        Who’s Pure?
Rev. Drew Smith, Palm Sunday, April 9, 2006

·        What is All the Yelling?
Rev. Drew Smith, April 2, 2006

·        Whose Your Daddy?
Rev. Drew Smith, March 26, 2006

·        It’s Planting Season
Rev. Drew Smith, March 19, 2006

·        Only Skin Deep
Rev. Drew Smith, March 12, 2006

·        You Did What?
Rev. Drew Smith, March 5, 2006

·        Change is Inevitable
Richard Johnson, Deacon, February 26, 2006

·        What’s in Your Kitchen?
Rev. Drew Smith, February 19, 2006

·        Pray Like a Child
Rev. Drew Smith, February 12, 2006

·        Pray With Your Eyes Open
Rev. Drew Smith, February 5, 2006

·        The Master Pray-er
Rev. Drew Smith, January 29, 2006

·        Just Pray
Rev. Drew Smith, January 22, 2006

·        Are You Ready for Some Prayer?
Rev. Drew Smith, January 15, 2006

·        Who’s Wise Now?
Rev. Drew Smith, January 1, 2006

·        No Place I’d Rather Be
Rev. Drew Smith, December 25, 2005

·        Christmas: a Different Place
Rev. Drew Smith, December 18, 2005

·        Christmas: a Different Manner
Rev. Drew Smith, December 11, 2005

·        Christmas: a Different Message
Rev. Drew Smith, December 4, 2005

·        A Different Religion
Rev. Drew Smith, November 27, 2005

·        We Don’t Know When but We Do Know How
Rev. Drew Smith, November 20, 2005

·        Like a Splinter
Rev. Drew Smith, November 13, 2005

·        The End is Now
Rev. Drew Smith, November 6, 2005

·        Trick and Treat
Rev. Drew Smith, October 30, 2005

·        A Jesus Party
Rev. Drew Smith, October 23, 2005

·        Just a Pinch
Rev. Drew Smith, October 16, 2005

·        Central’s Silent, Faithful Saints
Elder ‘Skeeter’ McClure, October 2, 2005

·        Are You Ready to Rumble?
Rev. Drew Smith, September 25, 2005

·        While on Your Way
Rev. Drew Smith, September 18, 2005

·        Send in The Clowns
Rev. Drew Smith, September 11, 2005

·        (Service after Hurricane Katrina)
Rev. Drew Smith, September 4, 2005

·        Rescue Heroes
Rev. Drew Smith, August 28, 2005

·        God’s Favorite Soft Drink
Rev. Drew Smith, August 21, 2005

·        The Victim of Doing the Right Thing
Rev. Drew Smith, August 14, 2005

·        Set Free
Rev. Taylor Morgan, Chaplain, Mobile Infirmary, August 7, 2005

·        Learning to Float
Elder Nicki Patterson, July 31, 2005

·        Batteries, Flashlights, Candles, and Matches
Rev. Drew Smith, July 17, 2005

·        Simplicity of Faith
Karl Guggenbiller, Elder, July 3, 2005

·        God can Handle It
Rev. Drew Smith, June 26, 2005

·        God is God and Nothin’ Else Is
Rev. Drew Smith, June 19, 2005

·        God is Our Rock
Margaret Mwale, June 12, 2005

·        Love, Give it Away
Elder Jean Weed, June 5, 2005

·        The Church is Alive
Rev. Drew Smith, May 29, 2005

·        Let the Church Expand
Rev. Drew Smith, May 22, 2005

·        Let the Church Begin
Rev. Drew Smith, May 15, 2005

·        A Black Diamond
Rev. Drew Smith, May 1, 2005

·        To Walk on the Water You Have to Stay On the Pier
Rev. Drew Smith, April 24, 2005

·        An Audience of One
Rev. Drew Smith, April 17, 2005

·        Just Do It Like Jesus, not Nike
Rev. Drew Smith, April 10, 2005

·        Hear the Master’s Voice
Rev. Drew Smith, April 3, 2005

·        Jesus is Not Just a Memory
Rev. Drew Smith, Easter Sunday, March 27, 2005

·        The Most Foolish Act
Rev. Drew Smith, March 20, 2005