This week I read about a French criminologist in the 1880’s named Alphonse Bertillon who worked in a Paris police station as a records clerk. Over the years Bertillon became convinced that an accurate description of a suspect could help police avoid cases of mistaken identity and also find and arrest the actual perpetrator of […]
Sermons
Week after week, Pastor Mark Adams brings his special touch to the sermons we hear. We are providing these messages here on our website as an extension of our ministry. You are welcome to use these messages without charge. Please do not sell or reproduce them without permission.
Portrait of The Messiah
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 24, 2012, Christmas Eve Candlelight Service | Scripture Reference: Isaiah 3; 6; 13-14; 49; 53 |
The Beginning of the End
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 23, 2012 | Scripture Reference: 2nd Kings 17-19; Isaiah 3; 6; 13-14; 49; 53 |
2 Chronicles 31:21-32:1 – “This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered. […]
God’s Messengers
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 16, 2012 | Scripture Reference: 1 Kings 17-19; 2 Kings 2; 4; 6; Hosea 4-5; 8-9; 14; Amos 1; 3-5; 9 |
Have you ever noticed how many warning signs and warning labels there are these days? We see them on food products and personal hygiene items. We hear them on advertisements for prescription drugs. They’re everywhere and in my opinion many of them go a bit overboard. This week found out that I’m not the only […]
A Kingdom Torn in Two
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 9, 2012 | Scripture Reference: 1 Kings 12-16 |
As most of you know, like my father before me, I got my Masters Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. I have lots of wonderful memories of the things I learned while I was on that campus and one is from my very first semester there. Shortly after I moved […]
The King Who Had It All
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: December 2, 2012 | Scripture Reference: 1 Kings 1-8; 10-11; 2 Chronicles 5-7; Proverbs 1-3; 6; 20-21 |
Whenever a passenger plane crashes, it makes the news. We all stay tuned to get the details, because a lot of us fly and when one of those airliners goes down, we want to know why. Specifically, we want to know what went wrong in the hope that the next time we get in one […]
The Trials of a King
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: November 25, 2012 | Scripture Reference: 2 Samuel 11-12; 18-19; 1 Chronicles 22; 29; Psalm 23; 32; 51 |
In his book, Cast of Characters Lost and Found, Max Lucado reports that when Pope John Paul died, a man named Rogers Cadenhead quickly claimed the Internet domain name for what he thought would be the name of the next pope. Cadenhead registered www.BenedictXVI.com before the new pope’s name was announced. I don’t know HOW […]
From Shepherd to King
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: November 18, 2012 | Scripture Reference: 1 Samuel 16-18, 24, 31; 2 Samuel 6, 22; 1 Chronicles 17; Psalm 59 |
When I was 17 years old, with the help of my youth director, I was able to do what I thought would be impossible: I convinced my parents to let me buy a used motorcycle. It wasn’t a big bike, just a Honda 100 like this one, but it was a metallic gold color and […]
Standing Tall, Falling Hard
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: November 11, 2012 | Scripture Reference: 1 Samuel 1-4; 8-13; 15 |
Way back in the dark ages, I’m talking about the late ‘60’s and early ‘70’s, when I was in high school, back then just like today’s teens we had certain clothing style fads. Like today’s young people we wore what everyone else wore because more than anything we wanted to fit in. Sure, we talked […]
The Faith a Foreign Woman
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: November 4, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Ruth 1-4 |
When I was a little boy, I remember one year my heart was set on getting a special toy for Christmas. It was a space station set and it was very cool. More than anything I wanted to find it under the tree on Christmas morning. Besides the station proper that had several levels and […]
A Few Good Men. . . and Women
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Bobby Cook | Date: October 28, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Judges 2:11, 4:1, 6:1, 8:33, 13:1; 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 |
God uses unlikely heroes who are faithful followers, so His name will be made Great! We are journeying through this series called The Story. I am excited to be a part of The Story series. During my sabbatical one of my prayers were to fall in love with God’s Word and experience Him in a […]