For the past 17 years my life has pretty much revolved around sermons. Let me put it this way, preaching is not just my occupation. It’s my pre-occupation. When I’m not actually delivering a sermon, I’m preparing to deliver one or praying for God’s help in my prep or I’m reading books and commentaries or […]
Sermons on Matthew
Note: we're still in the process of creating this index, so these results are only partial. More to come soon!
His Most Popular Message
| Series: In His Steps | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 16, 2014 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:1-12 |
His Family Tree
| Series: In His Steps | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: January 5, 2014 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:1-17; Luke 3:23-38 |
As I told you a while back, those two weeks last fall when we literally walked in Jesus’ steps during our visit to Israel…made me feel led to do a sermon series on the life of Christ. This morning we’re continuing that series. We started it with a four week study of Jesus’ birth during […]
My Sins Can Be Forgiven
| Series: The Implications of Christmas | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 24, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 1:18-25; Ephesians 3:13-14 |
Matthew 1:18 – This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about. His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child, through the Holy Spirit. 19 – Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yetdid not […]
The Resurrection
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 31, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 27-28; Mark 16; Luke 24; John 19-21 |
Have you ever felt like you were STUCK in some grief—STUCK in some great sadness or fear? To be more specific, have you ever woken up the day after something bad happened in your life—and at first you FORGOT about that bad thing or you thought it was all just a dream—but then you came […]
The Hour of Darkness
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 24, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 13-14; 16-19 |
These days one of the first thing a new company does once it is started is come up with a LOGO—some symbol that will become indelibly fixed in people’s minds. In fact, companies pay big money for a design team to develop the kind of logos that people will automatically associate it with their product. […]
Jesus, The Son of God
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 17, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Mathew 17; 21; Mark 8-12; 14; Luke 9; 22; John 7-8; 11-12 |
Mark 8:27 – Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way He asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28 – They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” 29 – “But what about you?” He asked. “Who […]
Jesus’ Ministry Begins
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 3, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 3-4,11; Mark 1-3; Luke 8; John 1-4 |
Matthew 4:1 – Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 – After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. 3 – The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” 4 – […]
The Birth of the King
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 24, 2013 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 1-2, Luke 1-2, John 1 |
1- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 – He was with God in the beginning. 3 – Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 – In Him was life, and that life was the […]
Vision Sunday – Targeting 2012
| Series: Vision Sunday | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 5, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 28:18-20 |
Matthew 28:18 – Jesus said, “All authority in Heaven and on Earth has been given to Me. 19 – Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 – and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded […]
Putting a Fence Around Your Marriage
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: November 12, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:27-30 |
In his wonderful book, The Tender Commandments, Ron Mehl cites a newspaper story out of San Diego that reported the following: “An 18-year-old bull rider who was kicked and trampled by a 2300-pound Brahma Bull during a September 18th rodeo has died from his injuries, hospital officials said. Paul Coronado died Tuesday at Sharp Memorial […]