Sermons by Mark Adams

Report of the Presbytery – Alvin Grant Raquel, Pedro, and Rob were questioned by a Presbytery made up of deacons and ordained staff on March 2nd. Each answered a series of questions such that they were each unanimously recommended for service as a deacon. Speaking for the presbytery I can say we are very thankful […]

In her essay, An Expedition to the Pole, Annie Dillard describes the ill-fated Franklin expedition—an expedition in the mid 19th century that perished because its preparations were adapted to the posh conditions of the Royal navy officers’ clubs in England instead of the harsh realities of the Arctic. Here’s an excerpt from Dillard’s essay: “In […]

1st John 2:2 – “Jesus is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.” As I told you a few months back, this year I’m reading the Chronological Bible—which is the entire Bible in 365 daily readings, arranged in the order that it happened. […]

I’m sure you would agree that the Sistine Chapel is one of the true jewels of the art world—especially the world of CHRISTIAN art. Michelangelo spent four years painting it—finishing his amazing masterpiece in 1512. Now, in Michelangelo’s day the only light source came from candles—and as all those candles burned to illuminate the  Sistine […]

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 […]

As I told you last week my undergraduate degree is from the University of North Alabama, a small school located in Florence, which is in the northwestern corner of that state. The Tennessee River flows right by the edge of town and during the four years I was there I participated in one of the […]

I preached my first “real” sermon at Leighton Baptist Church—in the fall of 1975. I was a junior at the University of North Alabama at the time and was on staff at Leighton. I was the “Associate Pastor in Charge of Music and Youth” — longest job title I’ve ever had. When people asked what […]

I remember my baptism. I was seven years old and the church my father was pastoring at the time was in Seaford, Delaware. It was a church plant—a new church start so we didn’t have a church building and met in the basement of a Walgreens Drug Store. Of course this meant we didn’t have […]

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 […]

  17 – Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, Who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.  18 – Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous […]