Sermons by Mark Adams

1 John 2:6 – “Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.” This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. One of the things I learned in my years as a Youth Minister is that peer pressure is not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, positive peer pressure is […]

1 – I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 – By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. 3 – For what I received I passed on to you […]

17 – On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to make preparations for You to eat the Passover?” 18 – He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is […]

Have you noticed that crosses are pretty much everywhere these days? Look in almost any direction and there’s a good chance you’ll see one. You can see crosses perched on the top of church steeples like ours, or carved into gravestones, or engraved in rings, or on decals in car windows, or bumper-stickers on car […]

Like many grandmoms, my grandmother Williams loved to sew and knit. I have this picture in my mind of her sitting in her rocking chair with both hands in her lap busily working on some needlecraft project, but doing it on sort of auto pilot as she watched TV or talked to a friend who […]

One of the things I struggle with lately is forgetfulness. I hate to admit it but it seems as if I have more and more “senior moments” these days. Some of this stems from the extra-busy-ness that comes from being understaffed here at RBC, something that I’m praying will change in the next couple months! […]

A few decades ago psychologists conducted a very interesting experiment to determine how human beings respond to temptation. Here’s how it worked. A psychologist would leave a small child, say four or five years old, alone in a room with one marshmallow on the table in front of him. Before he left, the tester would […]

About twelve years ago-thanks to the help you give ministerial staff through the low interest share loan-and also to the gracious assistance of the former owners, Sue and I were finally able to purchase our first home at 6508 Farmingdale Court. I still remember the excitement of moving day back in 1995. We rejoiced as […]

How many of you enjoy eating? Every hand is raised because of course, we all do! Satisfying our taste buds is one of the great pleasures in life. And because it is, eating is always a great topic of conversation. Everyone loves to talk about food! In fact, if you ever find yourself in a […]

I’ve heard several versions of the following story but this week I came across what I think must be the original. It’s from a book by Christian comedian Ken Davis who recounts a story from the days when Mike Ditka was coaching the Chicago Bears. Davis writes, “One day Ditka was about to deliver a […]