Monday morning I drove down to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to visit with Kathy Sternfeld who, as you heard was being treated for serious kidney issues. Kathy is home now but has suffered with this ailment for as long as I have known her—and is very thankful for the excellent care she has […]
Sermons on Galatians
Note: we're still in the process of creating this index, so these results are only partial. More to come soon!
Patience
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 26, 2109 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
Faithfulness
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 9, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
On Dec 5, 1914, Ernest Shackleton embarked on what he called “the last great polar expedition.” His goal was to cross Antarctica by dogsled—an uncharted journey of 1,500 miles over the most inhospitable terrain on earth. His crew of 27 was handpicked from a field of 5,000 applicants. The ship that would carry them was […]
Kindness-Goodness
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 2, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
This past week, longtime mail carrier Floyd Martin retired from his neighborhood route in Marietta, Ga. Now—the best many mail carriers could expect on their last day on the job would a handshake or maybe a cake. But—most retire without the people who benefit from their labors even knowing. Well, that’s not what happened to […]
Gentleness
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 19, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
How many of you remember the movie, The Wizard of Oz? Just curious—did any of you see this movie in the theater when it first came out—in the fall of 1939? Awesome! It would be fun to talk about how it felt to see a movie go from black and white to color for the […]
Self-Control
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 12, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:23-24 |
Galatians 5:22 – the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 – gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Back in the 1980’s drug use became epidemic among young people, and teen pregnancy rates were skyrocketing. A relatively new disease called AIDS was on the rise—and gangs were […]
Love
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 5, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
Let’s begin this morning with a survey. How many of you prefer apples to pears? Pears to apples? How many prefer mangos to papayas? Papayas to mangos? How many prefer cherries to strawberries? Strawberries to cherries? How many prefer oranges to tangerines? Tangerines to oranges? One more—how many prefer peaches to apricots? Apricots to peaches? […]
Picking the RIGHT Christmas Tree
| Series: Getting Marriage Right, Getting THIS Christmas Right! | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 24, 2017 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 3:13 |
Usually on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, we Adamses head out to find our Christmas tree. Since our first Christmas in 1979, that’s been our custom. As soon after turkey day as possible, we head out to find and decorate a live tree—because we love their smell and look. And we’re not alone. Every year 25-30 […]
God Has A Face
| Series: Because of Christmas | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: November 27, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 4:4-7 |
Galatians 4:4-7 – But when the set time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 – to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship, 6 – Because you are His sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, the Spirit Who calls out, “Abba, Father.” 7 […]
Self-control
| Series: What's Your Life Produce? A Study of the Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Kevin Freeman | Date: November 10, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Proverbs 25:28 |
As a young baseball fan, I remember that Nolan Ryan was one of my favorite pitchers. I am not the only one who held that opinion, because Nolan Ryan is one of the greatest pitchers baseball has ever seen. He said to have thrown the fastest pitch ever clocked: 108.1 MPH! [1] Ryan’s prowess on […]
Joy
| Series: What's Your Life Produce? A Study of the Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Bobby Cook | Date: October 27, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-23, Romans 14:17 |
Galatians 5:22-23a, ESV The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, and faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. We are in the middle of our series on the Fruits of the Spirit. So far we have covered Faithfulness, Goodness, Peace, and Love. Today we are studying Joy. Think about joy for a moment….Have […]