Sermons by Mark Adams

One of the things I’ve discovered when it comes to preparing a series of sermons on a specific book of the Bible-like James for example-it is that it is often difficult to know how to divide the text. I mean, sometimes it’s hard to decide where to start and where to stop when it comes […]

1 – Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery that is coming upon you. 2 – Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. 3 – Your gold and silver are corroded, Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth […]

John Ortberg tells the story of three men: Leon, Joseph, and Clyde-each of whom suffered from a Messiah complex. Now, please understand-when I say these guys had a Messiah complex, I’m not saying that they were conceited or even overly narcissistic. No-each of these three men actually thought he was a reincarnation of THE Messiah-Jesus, […]

I don’t know about you but it seems to me that every day I hear yet another news story that tells about something else each of us must do in order to remain physically healthy. I mean-not only are we told to exercise and eat right and get enough sleep…In addition to that there’s always […]

I’m sure you’ve probably heard of the Hatfields and McCoys-those two famous feuding families from the hills of Pikesville, Kentucky. What you may NOT know is that their decades-long feud began in the early 1870’s with a dispute over a pig. I’m not sure what aspect of the pig they disagreed about-but these two families […]

Whenever pastors get together to talk, their conversation inevitably turns to the subject of preaching-because a pastor is ALWAYS thinking about his sermon. I can tell you for a fact that there’s not a moment in the week that he’s not either studying for his message or mentally working on his outline or trying to […]

1 – In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 – (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 – And everyone went to his own town to register. 4 – So Joseph also went up […]

A few years ago-back when Becca was in elementary school—I took our family to hear her school’s annual Christmas music program. Becca had a solo so we grabbed the camcorder and the camera and headed out early in order to get the best seats for all camera angles. And-it was very well-done: great choreography, creative […]

As a faithful Barnes and Noble customer I can tell you for a fact that one of the best selling series of books ever published is the “…for Dummies” series. If I’m not mistaken, the first edition was Windows for Dummies, but now they have dozens of versions. In fact they take up an entire […]

As any college graduate knows, to be awarded a degree you must complete around 128 semester hours of study. Now-on average each class you are required to take is worth three semester hours of credit. The majority of these required courses come from the area of your declared major but you must also choose a […]