Sermons by Mark Adams

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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? […]

11 – It was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, 12 – to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up 13 – until we all reach unity in the […]

12 – If it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?  13 – If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 – And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so […]

This week I came across an interesting article that listed some of the many religious festivals that go on around the world. For example, in Thailand there is a festival called Songkran. It’s held in mid-march. Buddhist monks chant, people donate money to statues of Buddha and undergo bathing rituals. Fish and songbirds are released […]

Report of the Presbytery: Don Mayberry Deacon Testimony: Becky McGaffin Hi, my name is Becky McGaffin. I am the youngest child of Charlie and Louise Brinkman and I’ve attended Redland since before I could walk. I came to faith in Jesus through the instruction of my parents at home and the teaching at this church. […]