Perhaps my favorite series of books—is C. S. Forrester’s adventures of Horatio Hornblower. I’ve read every single one—and seen all the BBC movies. Any other Hornblower fans present? One of the cool things about Forrester’s stories is that by reading them you can pick up a thing or two about sailing back in the days […]
Sermons on 1 Corinthians
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Mid-Course Corrections
| Series: Communion Meditation | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: October 16, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 11:23-29 |
Speaking of Tongues and Speaking Women
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: October 9, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 14 |
1 – Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. 2 – For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them;they utter mysteries by the Spirit. 3 – But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. 4 […]
That’s the Power of Love!
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 25, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 13 |
How many of you have ever been—crazy in love—you know, just downright lovesick? Do you remember those days when all you could think of was the person who was the object of your affections? Of course for happy husbands like me that day has never ended! But think back to your younger years—perhaps your early […]
Sense and Nonsense About Spiritual Gifts
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 11, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 |
In his book, The Great House of God, Max Lucado shares the following story of a husband and wife who went snow-skiing together in Colorado. “As they were waiting in the line to board the ski lift the wife realized that she was in need of a restroom—in fact, she was in DIRE need of […]
REAL Communion
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 4, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 11:17-33 |
As I’ve told you before, when I was a little boy our annual family vacations always took the same basic form. We’d pile in the family station wagon, drive from our home in Dover, Delaware about 900 miles south to Florence, Alabama where we’d spend ten days with my mom’s family—and then we drive three […]
How to Become Someone God Can Use as a Redemptive Person
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 14, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 9 |
How many of you have been watching the Olympics in Rio? I confess that we’ve stayed up too late several nights watching gymnastics, diving, swimming, and volleyball! Well, this week I came across some interesting numbers about this year’s games and I thought it would be fun to share them with you. Here goes: The […]
The Right Use of Rights
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 7, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 |
Has anyone ever heard of this guy—RUPERTUS MELDINIUS? Don’t feel bad. Until this week I hadn’t heard of him either. Rupertus was a Lutheran Theologian in the 16th century—and the reason I heard of him is because I was googling one of my favorite sayings—and discovered he said it. Rupertus said that in the church […]
Experiencing the Beauty of Marriage
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 24, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 |
This is a picture from nearly 37 years ago—August 14, 1979. My wedding day. I’m sure you can recognize Sue because she looks exactly the same—but I’m the guy with hair. Yes—I used to have it all over my head—used a blow dryer, carried a comb—the whole deal! Now—when Sue and I planned our marriage, […]
It’s Just Sex—Right?
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 17, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 |
Do you remember this e-insurance commercial? http://www.marketmenot.com/esurance-beatrice-offline-over-sharer-commercial/ I don’t know about the rest of you—but I can relate to this woman—because the older I get—the more I find myself feeling “behind the times” when it comes to social media. Whether it’s understanding Facebook like poor Beatrice here—or Snapchat, Tweets, Linked In, Instagram, imogies, or Shazam […]
Grace and Greivances
| Series: Core Values of the Church | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 10, 2016 | Scripture Reference: 1st Corinthians 5:1-11 |
This week I did some “google research” about silly lawsuits. I found a ton of examples—but to make sure none of you sue me for preaching too long—-I’ll just share three. The first concerns a city in Turkey called Batman. It’s located beside the Batman River in the Batman Province. You probably don’t know about […]