Sermons by Mark Adams

A Service of Thanksgiving and Prayer

Series: Preacher: Date: November 19, 2006 Scripture Reference: Psalm 100

In his wonderful biography of the prophet Elijah, Chuck Swindoll shares the following story of a man he once visited in a dismal veterans hospital. Swindoll writes: “The day I arrived to visit, I saw a touching scene. This soldier had a young son, and during his confinement in the hospital, he had made a […]

Putting a Fence Around Your Marriage

Series: Preacher: 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 […]

Raising the Bar on Righteousness

Series: Preacher: Date: November 5, 2006 Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:17-26

When I was in high school I was a member of the track team. My event was the 180 yard low hurdles, back in the olden days when distance was measured in yards instead of meters. Once my event was done, I would often head over to watch the high jumpers and the pole-vaulters because […]

The Lord’s Supper is Remembering

Series: Preacher: Date: October 22, 2006 Scripture Reference: Numbers 15:37-41

One of the consequences of being a sinful, and therefore flawed, human being is forgetfulness. No matter what our age, all of us have what are known as “senior moments” when our memories fail us. I don’t know about you, but mine seems to be failing more frequently each year. Think of it. How many […]

Parting Words

Series: Preacher: Date: October 15, 2006 Scripture Reference: Colosians

Have you ever considered how important parting words can be? Think about it. When you know you’re about to be separated from a loved one for a period of time and you know you just have time for one final statement or phrase, you want to say the right thing don’t you!? You want to […]

Portrait of a Christian

Series: Preacher: Date: October 1, 2006 Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:13-16

My mom makes a great mock apple pie. I say “mock” because there are no apples in it. It looks like a real apple pie; it smells like a real apple pie and I think most of you apple pie connoisseurs out there would agree that it tastes like one but it’s not real. It’s […]

The Blessing No One Wants

Series: Preacher: Date: September 24, 2006 Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:10-12

Way back near the dawn of time-when I was in 6th grade at Star Hill Elementary School-I entered a speech contest. All 6th graders were invited to compete and it was called, “The Voice of Democracy Contest.” Pretty much all of my classmates entered motivated by the fact that the winner of this contest would […]

Finding Your Missing Peace

Series: Preacher: Date: September 3, 2006 Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:9

As most of you know, my daughter is now off at college. A week ago this past Thursday-ten days and ten nights ago now-we filled our mini-van with all the necessities of dorm life and headed for campus to help her move in and get settled. Now my daughter shares a room with two other […]

Coming Home

Series: Preacher: Date: August 27, 2006 Scripture Reference: Luke 15:11-24

Luke 15:11 – Jesus continued, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 – The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 13 – Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a […]

The State of the Heart

Series: Preacher: Date: August 20, 2006 Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:8

If you were to ask me to name my favorite television show at the moment, I think I would have to say that, since Everybody Loves Raymond is no longer on the air, it would be the USA network’s Monk. I really get a kick out of that show every time I get a chance […]

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