As most of you know, my daughter is now off at college. A week ago this past Thursday-ten days and ten nights ago now-we filled our mini-van with all the necessities of dorm life and headed for campus to help her move in and get settled. Now my daughter shares a room with two other […]
Sermon Series:The Sermon on the Mount
Finding Your Missing Peace
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 3, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:9 |
The State of the Heart
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 20, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:8 |
If you were to ask me to name my favorite television show at the moment, I think I would have to say that, since Everybody Loves Raymond is no longer on the air, it would be the USA network’s Monk. I really get a kick out of that show every time I get a chance […]
What Does Mercy Look Like?
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 13, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:7 |
How many of you remember the PTL Club scandal that rocked the nation back in the mid ’80’s-Jim and Tammy Bakker and the demise of their vast television ministry empire? For those of you who aren’t old enough to recall this, then let me give you a brief history lesson. I need to begin by […]
The Happiness of a Hungry Heart
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 16, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:6 |
Did you know that in the United States, the second-largest food consumption day of the year is Super-Bowl Sunday? Statistics tell us that in that single day-actually in one 4-hour period that night-among other things, Americans eat: · 4 million pounds of popcorn · 9 million pounds of tortilla chips · 12 million pounds of […]
Meek Does Not Mean Weak
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: July 2, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:5 |
This past Wednesday millions of DC comic fans celebrated the release of the new movie, Superman Returns-and I admit, Daniel and I were two of them. In fact for several months now we’ve been planning to see this film together because since he was a little kid one thing we have had in common is […]
The Gladness of Sadness
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 18, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:4 |
If you know me then you know that I love both to hear and to tell jokes! I always try to keep a few jokes in my mind to use just in case the opportunity arises because I love to both laugh and make other people laugh. In fact, Sue will tell you I have […]
The Poverty of Self-Sufficiency
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 4, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:1-3 |
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always gotten a kick out of oxymorons. If you aren’t familiar with this term, an oxymoron is a combination of contradictory words that we use together all the time but don’t seem to go together. Here are some examples: fresh-frozen, ill health, pretty ugly, working vacation, almost exactly, […]
Developing a Disciples Attitude
| Series: The Sermon on the Mount | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 28, 2006 | Scripture Reference: Matthew 5:1-12;17-20 |
My day-to-day life pretty much revolves around sermons. Let me put it this way, preaching is not just my occupation. It’s my pre-occupation. And, this preoccupation is not unique to me-it is true of any pastor, because our primary task is to equip the saints who make up our churches for ministry. Any under-shepherd’s main […]