Sermons by Mark Adams

Luke 6 12 – One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. 13 – When morning came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated apostles: 14 – Simon (whom He named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, […]

How many of you have ever been given a nickname? Now, if you raised your hand, then you may know by experience that having a nickname isn’t necessarily a good thing, because the truth is some nicknames are complimentary but MOST aren’t. And once you’re labeled with a certain nickname you’re pretty much stuck with […]

While I was in college I worked the graveyard shift at the local Holiday Inn in Muscle Shoals, Alabama as a night auditor. Now, this particular Holiday Inn was not your typical, run of the mill Holiday Inn…because we didn’t have your typical, run of the mill guests. You see, on a regular basis famous […]

Last Sunday we began a series of sermons…the goal of which is to see what we can learn about discipleship by looking at the lives of Jesus’ FIRST disciples…known in Scripture as The Twelve. You may remember that I introduced this study by pointing out that much of our historical knowledge is organized around the […]

John 1 40 – Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John [the Baptist] had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 – The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, We have found the Messiah (that is, the Christ). 42 – And he […]

Genesis 2 18 – The Lord God said, It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. Genesis 2 21 – So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, He took one of the man’s ribs […]

If you have a young child, you’ve probably read the popular children’s book called Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. It’s about a little boy whose day starts out bad and goes downhill from there. He gets gum in his hair and gets his sweater wet in the […]

1 – Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 – Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you. 3 – Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very important city-a visit required three […]

Jonah 1:17 17 – But the Lord provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. Jonah 2:1-10 1 – From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2 – He said: In my distress I called to the Lord, and He answered […]

The first church staff position I ever held was at the Greenhill Baptist Church in Greenhill, Alabama where I served as a part-time minister of music and youth during my college years. The pastor there was a fiery red-haired preacher by the name of STEVE BUNNELL. One summer Steve was asked to help chaperone an […]