In his book, If You Want to Walk on Water You Have to Get Out of the Boat, John Ortberg tells of a research team of psychologists from Stanford University back in the 70’s who performed an experiment on a group of 4-year-olds that they called, “the marshmallow test.” Here’s how it would work. The […]
Sermon Series:First Songs of Christmas (2003)
Simeon
| Series: First Songs of Christmas (2003) | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: January 4, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Luke 2:21-32 |
The Song of the Christ
| Series: First Songs of Christmas (2003) | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 24, 2003 | Scripture Reference: Hebrews 10:5-7 |
One of my favorite book trilogies is Calvin Miller’s The Singer, The Song, and The Finale. I first read these three little novels many years ago and remember being moved by the way Miller depicted Jesus, the Son of God, as a SINGER, Who came from heaven to share the truth of God’s love with […]
The Angels
| Series: First Songs of Christmas (2003) | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 21, 2003 | Scripture Reference: Luke 2:1-20 |
When I was a little boy the most difficult thing about Christmas was waiting for it to finally arrive. My brothers Jon and Matt-and my sister Lisa and I would start crossing off days the calendar in early October-literally counting the hours until Christmas morning. During those twelve weeks or so, it seemed as if […]
Mary’s Song
| Series: First Songs of Christmas (2003) | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 7, 2003 | Scripture Reference: Luke 1:46-55 |
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 […]
Zechariah’s Song
| Series: First Songs of Christmas (2003) | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: November 30, 2003 | Scripture Reference: Luke 1:68-79 |
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 […]