A few months ago I heard the story of a man who was known-especially by his family-for his extreme ABSENTMINDEDNESS. The only GOOD thing about this was the fact that he was a college professor and, with apologies to Bill Stuart and Dale Smith, everyone tends to EXPECT professors to be absent-minded. Well, this guy […]
Sermon Series:Parables
Remembering the Right Things – The Parable of the Rich Fool
| Series: Parables | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 20, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Luke 12:16-21 |
Whose Neighbor Am I? – The Parable of the Good Samaritan
| Series: Parables | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 6, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Luke 10:25-37 |
Several years ago I was asked to present a seminar dealing with the How-To’s of youth ministry to the summer missionaries who were assigned to serve in Maryland and Delaware. Now, summer missionaries are college students from across the U.S. who give up their summer break to do ministry of all kinds. They work at […]
Of Seed and Soil – The Parable of the Sower
| Series: Parables | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 9, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 |
You may remember my mentioning a couple of weeks ago the annual trips our family made when I was a child to visit my GRANDFATHER ADAMS, who was a farmer in Mississippi with a mile-long gravel driveway. Well, when I was a sophomore in college my grandad passed away after a long illness. For some […]
Far From Home – The Parable of the Loving Father, or The Waiting Father
| Series: Parables | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 25, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Luke 15:11-32 |
One thing you may or may not know about pastors is that we are ALWAYS on the look out for good sermon illustrations. We maintain this CONSTANT search because we know how valuable…how precious…a REALLY good story is when it comes to making a sermon understandable. I counted this week and discovered that in my […]