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Powell Butte Christian Church exists to know, love, and serve God by helping people CONNECT to Jesus Christ and God's Family, encouraging them to GROW to become more like Christ, equipping them to SERVE in ministry and facilitating the Body of Christ to GO - both locally and globally - in the expansion of God's Kingdom. Enjoy our sermons and please feel free to visit us online at powellbuttechurch.com. 

  1. 5d ago

    QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 9 – "WHAT DOES IT PROFIT A MAN...?" Mark 8:34-37

    So we are deep into our summer series, "Questions Jesus Asked (And We Must Answer)." And today's question hits us right between the eyes. It's from Mark 8, and Jesus asks: "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" Now before we dive in, I want to start with a story. Christopher McCandless. Some of you know the story - it was made into a book and later a movie called Into the Wild. This kid was brilliant. College grad. Good family. Had the whole world open to him. But he was suffocating. He felt like society was a trap, like success was a cage. So he did what a lot of people dream about doing - gave it all up, his money, his savings, his car, and headed into the Alaskan wilderness with nothing but a backpack, a rifle, and a copy of Tolstoy. He wanted to live free. No bills. No bosses. No expectations. Just him and the raw, untamed wild. What happened? Four months later, he starved to death in an abandoned bus. Just 24 years old. His last journal entry read: "I've had a happy life and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God bless all." Now, I share that story because there's something in all of us that gets what he was trying for. We feel that itch too - the sense that life is more than a rat race, more than mortgages and the meetings and the never-ending to-do list. But here's the thing: McCandless went looking for life and found death. He went looking for freedom and found a trap. He gained...what? Freedom from money? Freedom from responsibility? Yes, but in the end, he lost everything. That's exactly what Jesus is getting at here in our passage.

  2. Aug 9

    QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 8 – "DO YOU LOVE ME?" John 21:1-17

    As we continue our summer series on Questions Jesus Asked (And We Must Answer), we come this week to what might be the most personal question Jesus ever posed. It's a question that cuts through all our religious performance, through our theological correctness, through our church attendance and spiritual busyness, and gets right to the heart of everything. The question is simply this: "Do you love me?" Now, at first glance, that might seem like an easy question to answer. Of course we love Jesus. We're here on a Sunday morning, aren't we? We've said the prayers, sung the songs, maybe even nodded along during the sermon. We could all raise our hands and say, "Yes, Lord, I love you. Absolutely. No question about it." But here's the thing I want us to wrestle with today: Jesus isn't looking for people who merely say they love Him. He's looking for disciples whose love can be seen. The answer He's seeking isn't just a verbal affirmation—Peter already gives that three times in our text. The answer Jesus is looking for is a life that proves it. So, let's see what we can learn from this very pointed question Jesus asks..

  3. Jul 12

    QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 4 – "WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM?" Matthew 16:13-17

    Welcome. It's good you are here today, because today's question is, without a doubt, the most important one Jesus ever asked. There are many important questions in life. Where will you go to school? What career will you pursue? Who will you marry? Where will you live? How will you raise your children? Those are significant questions because they shape the course of your earthly life. But there is one question that determines far more than the next few decades. It determines your eternity. The question is found in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 16.  "Who do YOU say that I am?" Everything about faith rises or falls on the answer to that question. Throughout history people have wrestled with that question. Maybe you're here today and that question still lingers in your life. WHO is Jesus?

  4. Jul 5

    QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 3 - "DO YOU WANT TO BE HEALED?" (John 5:1-15)

    Throughout this series, we have been examining some of the questions Jesus asked during His earthly ministry. That may seem a little unusual at first because we often think of Jesus as the One who provides answers. People came to Him with questions about God, life, eternity, forgiveness, marriage, money, and countless other subjects. Yet when you read the Gospels carefully, you discover that Jesus frequently responded to questions by asking questions of His own. In fact, one scholar estimated that Jesus asked more than 300 questions during His ministry. He understood something that every good teacher understands: answers can inform the mind, but questions have a way of revealing the heart. When Jesus asked a question, it was never because He lacked information. He already knew the answer. Instead, His questions invited people to examine themselves. They exposed assumptions, uncovered motives, and forced individuals to confront truths they might otherwise avoid. And the same is true today. The questions Jesus asked two thousand years ago continue to echo into our lives because they are not merely questions for the people in the story; they are questions for us.

  5. Jun 28

    QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 2 - "HAVE YOU NOT READ...?" (Matthew 12:3; 19:4; 21:16; 22:31)

    Billy Graham was arguably one of the most respected Christian leaders of the twentieth century. When he passed away, during his funeral service, his son, Franklin Graham shared something significant to those of us whose vocation and calling is to preach. He said one of the defining characteristics of his father's ministry was his absolute confidence in the Word of God. He recalled countless occasions when his father would stand before thousands of people, hold up his Bible, and simply declare, "The Bible says..." For generations of Christians, that phrase was the foundation of preaching. The preacher's authority wasn't found in his personality or his opinions. It wasn't found in his education. It wasn't even found in his experience. The authority came from one simple conviction: "The Bible says." And yet today, there are rising voices - even from those who preach - suggesting that this phrase "The Bible says" should be cast aside because it is essentially outdated. Some preachers claim that since modern people are suspicious of authority, when we appeal to Scripture AS authoritative in one's life, we are in danger of creating barriers rather than bridges to faith. There is one prominent modern-day preacher who has even suggested that portions of the Bible, particularly the OT, are outdated, embarrassing, or largely irrelevant to modern believers. So which is it? Is the Bible still relevant? Does it still matter? Can we still confidently say, "The Bible says"? Or has the Bible become little more than a religious artifact that we respect but rarely open?

  6. Jun 21

    QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED (AND WE MUST ANSWER) Week 1 - "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?"

    This morning we are beginning a brand-new summer sermon series that we're calling "Questions Jesus Asked* (And We Must Answer)." When most people think about Jesus, they think about His answers. They think about His teaching, His miracles, His parables, and the incredible wisdom He shared with those around Him. And certainly, Jesus gave some remarkable answers. But what many people don't realize is that Jesus was also a master question-asker. In fact, when you read through the Gospels, you discover that Jesus asked questions everywhere He went. Some of them were simple questions. Some were uncomfortable questions. Some were questions that cut straight to the heart. He asked questions like, "Why are you afraid?" "Who do you say that I am?" "Do you want to get well?" "Where is your faith?" and "Do you love me?" And here's what makes those questions so powerful: Jesus wasn't asking because He needed information.  Jesus' questions are rarely about information. They are about revelation. He asks questions not because HE needs answers, but because WE do. And Jesus' questions are powerful in that they reveal what is happening in our hearts. They expose our fears, our assumptions, our priorities, and sometimes even our idols. In many ways, spiritual growth begins when we become willing to answer honestly the questions Jesus asks. So throughout this summer, we're going to sit at the feet of Jesus and listen carefully to some of His questions. Because if we're willing to wrestle with them honestly, they have the power to transform us.

  7. Jun 7

    ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 9 - GO Part 2 - "THE CHURCH, BOTH SENDING AND SENT"

    Have you ever noticed that one of the very first words children learn is the word "mine"? Mine; my toy. Mine; my blanket. Mine; my cookie. Mine; my seat. Nobody has to teach a child to say "mine." In fact, my dad did NOT do me any favors when he himself taught my kids that word. (Thanks, Dad!) It seems to come naturally, our obsession of ME. What takes years to learn is another word: "ours." Some people never really learn that word, I'd say. We live in a culture that constantly teaches me to think about ME. My career. My house. My plans. My retirement. My comfort. My happiness. Couples who go through pre-marital counseling with me learn that one of the biggest helps for a healthy marriage is being willing to turn the M upside down, from ME to WE, where our decisions and paths we forge aren't only about ourselves alone anymore. God put us into communities like families and tribes and congregations so that we can experience the power of WE, OUR, US. The concept of turning the M upside down can be easily played out in Christian communities called "The Church." I'm going to make the statement that it's absolutely crucial for us to learn it, in fact, because it's easy to see that churches can fall into exactly the same trap. We can become focused on our worship, our programs, our budget, our building, our ministries, and our preferences. And before long, the church exists primarily for the people already inside it rather than the people Jesus wants to reach outside it.

  8. May 31

    ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 8 - GO Part 1 - "THE HUDDLE AND THE HARVEST"

    In football, they have the huddle. The whole purpose of the huddle is to give the team about thirty seconds to call the next play. That’s it. Now, here’s what’s funny—sixty thousand people might be watching that huddle. And they don’t mind. They understand. You’ve got to get organized. The quarterback needs to know where he’s going. The ends need to know their route. The backs need to know their assignment. But let me tell you something obvious: nobody pays between 250 and 1000 bucks just to watch the huddle. People come to see the team break the huddle, snap the ball, and move down the field against a defense doing its darnedest to stop them. The 60,000 plus Number 12s ("fans", for the uninitiated) want to know: did your practice actually make a difference? Will it work? Now, here’s where we as Christians get into trouble. We get high on our huddles. Sunday morning, Worship Nights, Sunrise Services — we go nuts over the huddle. “Man, worship today was amazing!” “Our quarterback calls plays better than any other quarterback in the league!” We end up critiquing the music, the sermon length, whether or not people were friendly. But the huddle only exists so we can play the game. The effectiveness of your church cannot be measured by how well you do on Sunday morning. It's when you get out there - in the world - in your own unique harvest field, if you will. THIS is what we see in the Book of Acts, chapter 8.

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Powell Butte Christian Church exists to know, love, and serve God by helping people CONNECT to Jesus Christ and God's Family, encouraging them to GROW to become more like Christ, equipping them to SERVE in ministry and facilitating the Body of Christ to GO - both locally and globally - in the expansion of God's Kingdom. Enjoy our sermons and please feel free to visit us online at powellbuttechurch.com. 

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