I don’t know about you but, to be honest, I’m always a little skeptical when I hear about a miracle worker because over the years I’ve been exposed to so many fakes. I’ve seen charlatans talk little old ladies on fixed incomes into sending them hundreds of dollars in exchange for a handkerchief they had […]
Sermons by Mark Adams
The Cripple Who Danced in Church
| Series: Acts | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 29, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Acts 3:1-26, 4:1-4 |
The Significance of Pentecost
| Series: Acts | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 22, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Acts 1:12-26,2:1-47 |
Years ago one of the teens in my seminary church asked me to come to the next meeting of his High School Christian Club and share my testimony. I agreed and went-but before I began, the club sponsor asked me to identify which denomination I was a part of. In my reply I said that […]
Acts – The Only Unfinished Book
| Series: Acts | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 8, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Acts 1:1-11 |
When Sue and I started dating, one of the first things I learned about her was how much she admired the paintings of Norman Rockwell. She had a chest-full of her own personal collection of prints of his work that she had collected over the years in various forms-including several Norman Rockwell plates and bells […]
What Is God Calling Redland to Do in 2004?
| Series: Vision Sunday | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: February 1, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Proverbs 29:18; 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 |
One of my favorite movies is Apollo 13. I don’t know about you but I think Ron Howard did a masterful job of putting that true story on the screen. Perhaps the reason I like the movie so much is because I’m old enough to remember when the events this film chronicles actually happened. When […]
Who Struggles to Control Their Anger
| Series: How to Counsel a Friend | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: January 25, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Ephesians 4:26-27, 29-32 |
26 – In your anger do not sin; do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 – and do not give the devil a foothold. 29 – Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their […]
Who Has Gone Through a Divorce
| Series: How to Counsel a Friend | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: January 18, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 19:1-9, Malachi 2:16 |
p>Matthew 19 1 – When Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. 2 – Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. 3 – Some pharisees came to Him to test Him. They asked, “Is it lawful for […]
Who is Wrestling With Temptation
| Series: How to Counsel a Friend | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: January 11, 2004 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 10:12-13, James 1:13-15 |
As I told you last Sunday, during the Christmas break our entire family went to see the final installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. We really enjoyed every minute of it’s 3.5 hour running time and since then film has come up in family conversation several times. One thing that we have repeatedly […]
Simeon
| Series: First Songs of Christmas (2003) | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: January 4, 2004 | Scripture Reference: Luke 2:21-32 |
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 […]
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 […]