How many of you remember the PTL Club scandal that rocked the nation back in the mid ’80’s-Jim and Tammy Bakker and the demise of their vast television ministry empire? For those of you who aren’t old enough to recall this, then let me give you a brief history lesson. I need to begin by […]
Sermons by Mark Adams
What Does Mercy Look Like?
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 13, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:7 |
The Happiness of a Hungry Heart
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 16, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:6 |
Did you know that in the United States, the second-largest food consumption day of the year is Super-Bowl Sunday? Statistics tell us that in that single day-actually in one 4-hour period that night-among other things, Americans eat: · 4 million pounds of popcorn · 9 million pounds of tortilla chips · 12 million pounds of […]
Meek Does Not Mean Weak
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 2, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:5 |
This past Wednesday millions of DC comic fans celebrated the release of the new movie, Superman Returns-and I admit, Daniel and I were two of them. In fact for several months now we’ve been planning to see this film together because since he was a little kid one thing we have had in common is […]
The Gladness of Sadness
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 18, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:4 |
If you know me then you know that I love both to hear and to tell jokes! I always try to keep a few jokes in my mind to use just in case the opportunity arises because I love to both laugh and make other people laugh. In fact, Sue will tell you I have […]
Learning from a Reluctant Prophet
| Series: -- | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 11, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Jonah 1:1-2:1; 2:10-3:5; 3:10-4:11 |
About 14 or so years ago I took our teens on an all-day white water rafting trip to Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania. When we arrived, we divided into four-man teams, picked a raft, grabbed our oars and life-vests, and then headed down the Youghogheny river, a challenging piece of white water with several class 3 or 4 […]
The Poverty of Self-Sufficiency
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 4, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:1-3 |
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always gotten a kick out of oxymorons. If you aren’t familiar with this term, an oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words that we use together all the time but don’t seem to go together. Here are some examples: fresh-frozen, ill health, pretty ugly, working vacation, almost exactly, […]
Developing a Disciples Attitude
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 28, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:1-12;17-20 |
My day-to-day life pretty much revolves around sermons. Let me put it this way, preaching is not just my occupation. It’s my pre-occupation. And, this preoccupation is not unique to me-it is true of any pastor, because our primary task is to equip the saints who make up our churches for ministry. Any under-shepherd’s main […]
Discussing the Da Vinci Code
| Series: -- | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 21, 2006 | Scripture Reference: 2 Timothy 4:1-5,1 Peter 3:15 |
2nd Timothy 4:1 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, Who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of His appearing and His kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 – Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage with great patience and […]
A Farewell to Arms
| Series: Joshua: Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 14, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Joshua 23:1-6; Joshua 24:2-15 |
This week Sue and I traveled to New Albany, Indiana to attend the funeral of a dear friend. A 42-year-young man named Jerry Walker, who was a teenager in the youth group of my seminary church 27 years ago, had a massive heart attack and died, leaving a wife and three children behind. Jerry was […]
Caleb-That Magnificent Old Man
| Series: Joshua: Putting God's Power to Work in Your Life | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 7, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Joshua 14:6-12 |
A week or so ago Sue and I watched a four-minute segment on Good Morning America in which Robin Roberts “aged” forty years. Of course, she didn’t really grow old in that amount of time. The clip we saw had to do with an experiment in aging in which she did a great deal to […]