Monday morning I drove down to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to visit with Kathy Sternfeld who, as you heard was being treated for serious kidney issues. Kathy is home now but has suffered with this ailment for as long as I have known her—and is very thankful for the excellent care she has […]
Sermon Series:Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit
Patience
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 26, 2109 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
Faithfulness
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 9, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
On Dec 5, 1914, Ernest Shackleton embarked on what he called “the last great polar expedition.” His goal was to cross Antarctica by dogsled—an uncharted journey of 1,500 miles over the most inhospitable terrain on earth. His crew of 27 was handpicked from a field of 5,000 applicants. The ship that would carry them was […]
Kindness-Goodness
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 2, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
This past week, longtime mail carrier Floyd Martin retired from his neighborhood route in Marietta, Ga. Now—the best many mail carriers could expect on their last day on the job would a handshake or maybe a cake. But—most retire without the people who benefit from their labors even knowing. Well, that’s not what happened to […]
Gentleness
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 19, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
How many of you remember the movie, The Wizard of Oz? Just curious—did any of you see this movie in the theater when it first came out—in the fall of 1939? Awesome! It would be fun to talk about how it felt to see a movie go from black and white to color for the […]
Self-Control
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 12, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:23-24 |
Galatians 5:22 – the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 – gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Back in the 1980’s drug use became epidemic among young people, and teen pregnancy rates were skyrocketing. A relatively new disease called AIDS was on the rise—and gangs were […]
Love
| Series: Becoming A Good Neighbor - Part 2 - The Fruit of the Spirit | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 5, 2019 | Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-24 |
Let’s begin this morning with a survey. How many of you prefer apples to pears? Pears to apples? How many prefer mangos to papayas? Papayas to mangos? How many prefer cherries to strawberries? Strawberries to cherries? How many prefer oranges to tangerines? Tangerines to oranges? One more—how many prefer peaches to apricots? Apricots to peaches? […]