Sermons by Mark Adams

Let me begin by asking you to pick up your “Christmas song books” (hold up BIBLE) and turn to the 26th verse of the first chapter of Luke’s gospel. Now, if you were here last Sunday then you know that I refer to my Bible as a “Christmas song book” because it contains the very […]

One of my favorite parts of the Christmas season is the special music it brings. In fact I counted this week and discovered that my family owns 17 different Christmas CD’s and we have duplicates of many of these so that I can enjoy them in the office while I work without having to deprive […]

As most of you know, prior to my coming on staff here at Redland, I served a brief stint in the Army National Guard. I was a chaplain assigned to a M.A.S.H. unit based in Newport, Delaware. Now, one thing I learned very quickly in my first few weeks as a “weekend warrior” was that […]

I don’t know if you’ve heard but Elvis Presley has a new hit song at the top of the charts. It’s called “Rubber Necking”- must have something to do with traffic congestion! Apparently this never-before-heard original Elvis recording was found in a storage closet in some studio somewhere and its selling like hot cakes. They’ve […]

I don’t know if you’ve been counting but we’ve tuned into “Ron’s Search for Purpose” four times now, and in my opinion Ron is making some progress. Today, unlike the three previous weeks, he wasn’t injured physically. plus he seems to be learning some important truths. For example, a couple weeks ago, with Jeremy’s help, […]

Once upon a time a man named Fred decided he wanted a talking parrot to keep him company. So, he went to the local pet store and shelled out a small fortune for a parrot the owner guaranteed would talk-however, when he got the bird home, no matter how hard he tried, Fred could not […]

I’m sure that by now most of you know I’m a Star Trek fan and the truth is, I’ve been one since the very beginning. When I was a teen I remember my dad encouraging me to join him in watching the pilot episode that first introduced Captain Kirk and the pointed-eared Mr. Spok. And […]

One of my favorite little books is, Children’s Letters To God. It’s a compilation of actual letters that children have written to God, compiled by Eric Marshall and Stuart Hample. Here’s some excerpts: Dear God, I read the Bible. What does ‘BEGAT’ mean? Nobody will tell me. Love, Alison Dear God, Is it true my […]

Like most of you, our house lost electrical power for about three days because of Hurricane Isabel. And when that happened the first thing we did-once we found flashlights-was to try and save the food we had in the refrigerator and freezer. I mean, one of our first priorities was to do all we could […]

Like many of you men, when I was a kid I loved the game of football. In fact my friends and I spent most Saturday afternoon’s playing touch football in a vacant lot near our house. Well, when I entered High School I decided to try out for the team. And, in spite of the […]