Sermons by Mark Adams

This afternoon Sue and I are meeting Daniel somewhere north of Richmond. He’s bringing Lydia and Joel to us so they can go to RBC Camp this week. I can guarantee that during their stay with us we’ll be playing several games of HIDE AND SEEK because that’s one of our favorite things to do […]

Matthew 16: 24 – Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me.  25 – For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me will find it.  Philippians 3:12 – Not that I have already […]

A little over twenty years ago—back in the “olden days” when I was the Youth Minister—shortly after the invention of the wheel—back then we had a church member—a young woman—who was a social worker for Montgomery County. As part of her job she worked with teenage boys who lived in two group homes in our […]

1 – Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.  2 – This is what the ancients were commended for. 3 – By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. 4 – By faith […]

2nd Timothy 3:15 – From infancy you have known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16- All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 – so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every […]

12 – Moses said to the Lord, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with Me.’  13 – If You are pleased with me, teach me Your ways so I may know You and continue […]

Report of the Presbytery – Don Mayberry  Today, we have three individuals who are being ordained to serve as Deacons: Mary Ann More, Tom Garin, and John Lewis to serve God’s church here at Redland. Each one has been questioned by means of the Deacon Presbytery to determine his or her spiritual maturity and willingness […]

This week I read about two psychologists named Stephen Lea and Paul Webley who have come up with two metaphors to describe the role that money plays in our lives. They say that money is a TOOL and also a DRUG. They point out that the TOOL METAPHOR is nothing new. It’s been around a […]

I’m sure most of you have heard of Howard Stern—He is famous—or rather INFAMOUS—for his vulgar and crude antics on his radio and television shows. I mean, for Stern, nothing is out of bounds. In fact, at last count, Stern has been fined about $1.5 million over the years by the FCC for violations on […]

I was thinking—if we took a poll in which we ranked holidays Christmas would come first—with Easter a very distant second. I say this for several reasons. First, far more countries and cultures celebrate Christmas than do Easter. And—here in the U.S. the Christmas holiday is MUCH more popular than the one we observe today. […]