Century Baptist Church Sermons

Trusting God in Adversity | 9.28.25

A SERMON FROM NEHEMIAH 4:1-23
Here comes trouble
Pause to regroup
Make a difference
GOSPEL CONNECTION
Jesus has defeated sin, death, and adversity once for all. Yes, we will likely encounter obstacles and people who seek to distract, deter, and destroy us in following our Savior, living our faith daily, and building God’s kingdom. However, our resolve and strength comes from knowing who our Savior is and what He has done. “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.” (John 14:1)
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
APPLICATION
What action do you need to take this week to trust God and move forward in facing an area of adversity in your life?
MEMORY VERSE
“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7)

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work | 9.20.25

A SERMON FROM NEHEMIAH 3:1-32
Tactical
Everyone has a place
According to your gift and personality
Mismatched
Significance
GOSPEL CONNECTION
“Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.” (Matthew 4:23)
But He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose.” (Luke 4:43)
“And He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.” (1 Peter 2:24)
APPLICATION
How can you use your skills, spiritual gifts, and abilities to build the kingdom of God through the ministry of Jesus’ church this week?
MEMORY VERSE
“The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty.” (Proverbs 21:5)

The Good Hand of My God | 9.14.25

A SERMON FROM NEHEMIAH 2:1-20
Promises and providence
Omnipotence and obedience
Confidence and contention
GOSPEL CONNECTION
“Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:14-16)
APPLICATION
What is a specific need in another person’s life that you will confidently pray about this week?
MEMORY VERSE
Then the king said to me, “What would you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. (Nehemiah 2:4)

How to Make a Difference | 9.7.25

A SERMON FROM NEHEMIAH 1:1-11
Ask the right questions
Feel the right emotions
Have the right reaction
Take the right action
GOSPEL CONNECTION
Repentance is understanding the gravity of our sin and having the desire, given by the Holy Spirit’s work in our life, to not continue sinning. “I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. 10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.” (2 Corinthians 7:9-10)
APPLICATION
What news have you recently received that you need to respond to with prayer?
MEMORY VERSE
“When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.” (Nehemiah 1:4)

Open Arms | 8.31.25

A SERMON FROM LUKE 15:11-32
You can only be found if you first know you are lost
 
GOSPEL CONNECTION
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),” (Ephesians 2:4-5)
APPLICATION
To what “undeserving” person can you extend God’s love and forgiveness this week?
MEMORY VERSE
“In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.” (Luke 15:10)

The Good Samaritan | 8.24.25

A SERMON FROM LUKE 10:25-37
GOSPEL CONNECTION
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.” (Ephesians 2:4-9)
APPLICATION
What will you do this week to help meet someone else’s physical needs? Emotional needs? Spiritual needs?
MEMORY VERSE
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”(John 13:34-35)

A New Reality | 8.17.25

A SERMON FROM LUKE 24:36-49
The reality of the resurrection
A new mission
GOSPEL CONNECTION
“For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,…“14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain…17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 14, 17)
APPLICATION
What will you commit to doing this week to be a witness for Jesus, telling others what he has done in your life?
MEMORY VERSE
Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:44)

The Things Concerning Himself | 8.10.25

A SERMON FROM LUKE 24:13-35
Warning
Wisdom
Wonder
GOSPEL CONNECTION
He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely our griefs He Himself bore, and our sorrows He carried; yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, and by His scourging weare healed. 6 All of us like sheep have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.” (Isaiah 53:3-6)
APPLICATION
What can and will you do this week to make yourself more available and aware of the Lord’s leading in your life?
MEMORY VERSE
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is.” 1 John 3:2

In Remembrance of Me | 8.3.25

A SERMON FROM LUKE 22:14-38
Passover
Propitiation
Providence
GOSPEL CONNECTION
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29 “If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; 18 knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, 19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. 20 For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you 21 who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.”
(1 Peter 1:17–21, see also Hebrews 8:7-13)
APPLICATION
How will you prepare for Communion next time so that you will appreciate more the provision Jesus made for you?
MEMORY VERSE
And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” (Luke 22:19)

Olly Olly Oxen Free | 7.27.25

A SERMON FROM LUKE 19:1-10
The Man
The Meeting
The Miracle
The Mission
 
GOSPEL CONNECTION
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. 36 “But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37 “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. 38 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. 40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.” (John 6:35-40)
APPLICATION
What will you do this week that reveals salvation has come to your house?
MEMORY VERSE
“For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10)