I want to ask those of you who are part of the OLDER generation to look back over your life and answer a question. Here it is: Have you ever noticed how every new generation strives to be different than the ones that went before it? Well, I for one will admit that that my […]
Sermon Series:In Christ Alone
Pardon Me, Your Faith is Showing
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: April 24, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 13 |
How to Stay in the Running
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: April 10, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 12 |
As most of you know I’m a runner and have been one for about 20 years. I don’t run as fast or as far as I used to but when my schedule permits I still get in about 20 miles a week. Over the years I have run in half a dozen races. I’ve never […]
Faith Is….
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: April 3, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 11 |
There are a lot of things out there that people have a hard time understanding—myself included. For example: Modern Art — I think the guy in this picture is thinking, “Did the people who painted these walls accidentally paint over the paintings hanging here?” How to do income taxes — I don’t know about you […]
The Power of Once and for All
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 27, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 10:1-4; 8-14; 1st Peter 1:3-5 |
1 – The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves.For this reason, it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2 – Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once […]
Why Christ Had to Die
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 20, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 9 |
I can’t believe it’s been nearly ten years—but it was back in the fall of 2007 when construction on the Inter County Connector began. Sue and I noticed this almost immediately because a portion of the Inter-County Connector runs through our neighborhood. As I said last week, it’s literally right across the street. Well—in the […]
Pilgrims Should Make Progress
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 13, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 5:11 - 6:20 |
One of the most popular brands of TV commercials out there these days advertises Geico insurance—and in my opinion their commercials are usually very entertaining. Does anyone agree? I mean, I don’t use Geico but I love their commercials! The one they are playing these days features Peter Pan who “flies in” to attend his […]
What if God Were One of Us?
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: March 6, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 5:1-10 |
This week I came across the following report from a fictitious church’s Pastor Search Committee: “We do not have a happy report to give. We have had a very difficult time finding a suitable candidate for this church, but after a lot of work we do have one promising prospect. Thank you for your suggestions. We have […]
A Rested Development
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 28, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 4:1-16 |
This week I discovered a very “tiring” fact. I learned that people sleep much less in 2016 than they did in 1966—which you should know is the year Redland was founded. In fact, every night we sleep an hour and a half less than people did back then. To put it more clearly: In the […]
How to Hold Fast
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 21, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 3:1-19 |
1 – Therefore, holy brothers and sisters,who share in the heavenly calling,fix your thoughts on Jesus, Whom we acknowledge as our Apostle and High Priest. 2 – He was faithful to the One Who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. 3 – Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than […]
The True Man
Series: In Christ Alone | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 14, 2016 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 2:1-18 |
1 – We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 – For, since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, 3 – how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?This […]