Powell Butte Christian Church
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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305 episodes
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 quest...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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. The...
ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 7 - SERVE Part 2 - "THEY TOOK NOTE..."
There are certain people in life who leave a lasting impression on you.Spend enough time around someone and eventually you begin to sound like them. You start using their phrases, picking up their habits, laughing at the same things they...
ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 5 - GROW pt 2 - REFINED BY THE PROCESS
Remember the old tv game show Name That Tune? Where you are given a certain number of notes and you have to figure out what song is being played? Well this morning I want to play a version of that game. We’ll call it Name That Person.<...
ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 3 - CONNECT PART 2 - COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY
Let me start with a confession. I like being independent. I really do. I like making decisions without asking for help. I like solving my own problems. And at times I see that tendency creeping into how I do ministry. I mean, I'm the pastor ---...
ACTS: THE MOVEMENT THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Week 2 - CONNECT PART 1 - POWERED BY THE PRESENCE
There are moments in history when everything seems to be falling apart, and yet at the very same time, God is quietly at work doing something that changes everything.You can see it in different places and different times. In the 1700s, b...
ACTS: THE MOVEMENT OF MISSION Week 1 - TO THE GLORY OF GOD
There’s something in all of us that drifts toward making things about us, even when they weren’t designed that way. Have you ever noticed that? You go somewhere beautiful—a sunset, the beach, the mountains—and instead of just taking it in, what...
RESURRECTION SUNDAY - “INDEED”
You know, there are certain words in life that carry more weight than others. Not because they’re long. Not because they’re complicated. But because of what they settle.Just a single word - or a simple phrase for that matter - can change...
HOLY WEEK, PART 3 - WHAT HAPPENS AT THE TABLE
There’s something about “last things” that just carry a different kind of weight. If you’ve ever been with someone near the end of their life, you know what I mean. The conversations change. People don’t talk about trivial things an...
HOLY WEEK, PART 2 - KEEPING THE SACRED SACRED
"The next time someone asks you 'What Would Jesus Do?' remember that flipping over tables and chasing people with a whip is within the realm of possibilities."It's funny because it shatters our image of Jesus. We like the gentle Je...
HOLY WEEK, PART 1 - NOT THE KING THEY WERE LOOKING FOR
You know, there are moments in life when expectations collide with reality in ways that aren’t just disappointing, but heart-wrenching.Most of us have experienced that at some point. Maybe it’s something small, like ordering something on...
HALLELUJAH! WEEK 5 THE HARD-FOUGHT HALLELUJAH
This past week, with the Olympics just behind us, Pastor Ethan brought up one of the greatest sports movies in history: Miracle, about the true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and their player-turned-coach, Herb Brooks, who led them ...
HALLELUJAH! WEEK 4 THE OBEDIENT HALLELUJAH
One of the interesting things about human nature is that we don’t really struggle with obedience in general — we struggle with who we’re obeying.For instance, if a stranger in a parking lot tells you to move your car, your respo...
HALLELUJAH! WEEK 2 THE FLUENT HALLELUJAH
When it comes to praising God, have you ever found yourself in an awkward position because the language of worship is a foreign language to you. I mean, even the word Hallelujah, someone asked me last week, they said they know it's some kind of...
HALLELUJAH! WEEK 1 THE CHOSEN HALLELUJAH
Hallelujah is a powerful word, a powerful concept. It brings in the power of God into the circumstances of our lives in a way that no other word truly can. If we turn it off, we could easily fall into the habit of forgetting what the Bible has ...
THE HOUSE THAT GOD BUILT, WEEK 12 SETTING OUT FOR SUCCESS IN 2026 1 Timothy 6:9-21
As a family drove home after church, the dad was complaining about everything. He said, “The music was too loud. The sermon was too long. The announcements were unclear. The building was hot. The people were unfriendly.” He went on and on...
THE HOUSE THAT GOD BUILT, WEEK 11 - Great Gain! 1 Timothy 6:1-16
Discontentment is an American epidemic. Maybe we're susceptible to that epidemic because we live in the most affluent society in the history of the human race. And discontentment is fed by the advertising industry, as it promises us time and ti...
THE HOUSE THAT GOD BUILT, WEEK 10 - Lifting Up the Leadership 1 Timothy 5:17-25
Last week, we dealt heavily with showing respect and honor to all people in the church, focusing MAINLY on the generation gap. But I hope you saw that the underlying principle Paul was trying to get across to Timothy was all about respect. It w...
THE HOUSE THAT GOD BUILT: LIFE & LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH WEEK 5 - LEADERS WHO SERVE, SERVANTS WHO LEAD, PART 1
There are a number of different church leadership structures that exist today. For instance, you have top-down authoritative models similar to how a business is run where you have a CEO doing the wishes of the board and stockholders. Churches w...
THE HOUSE THAT GOD BUILT: LIFE & LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH WEEK 4 - GRACIOUSNESS IN THE GATHERING
When we went through the series this Summer on Exodus, I mentioned towards the beginning how the Exodus story is really OUR story. The Bible isn't filled with perfect examples of perfect people - at all. I told you that it was messy. Because li...