If you are our guest, you need to know that we are in a 31-week study of the entire Bible, using a book called The Story. The Story is a condensed version of the Bible in story form. If you’d like a copy we have them available in our church library for $10, or for […]
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.
The Battle Begins
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: October 21, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Joshua 6:22-25; Hebrews 11:31 |
Wandering
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: October 14, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Numbers 10-14; 20-21; 25; 27; Deuteronomy 1-2; 4; 6; 8-9; 29-32; 34 |
Deuteronomy 8:1 – Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your forefathers. 2 – Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the desert these forty […]
New Commands and a New Covenant
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: October 7, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Exodus 19, 20; 24-25; 32-34; 40 |
Exodus 20:1 – And God spoke all these words: 2 – I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 – You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 – You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in […]
Deliverance
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Kevin Freeman | Date: September 30, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Exodus 1-18 |
Introduction This morning, this past week, and for all of your lives, you have been impacted by a man named Edouard Benedictus. How? Edouard was a French chemist who made a wonderful accidental discovery. One day in 1903, he was up on a ladder trying to grab a beaker, when it fell and broke on […]
Joseph: From Slave to Deputy Pharaoh
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 23, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Genesis 37; 29; 41-48; 50 |
If you’re our guest this morning, I need to let you know that we are in week 3 of a 31-week study of the entire Bible using a book prepared by Randy Frazee called The Story. The Story is a condensed version of the Bible organized in 31 chapters—or stories. It’s Scripture arranged chronologically with […]
God Builds A Nation
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 16, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Genesis 12-13; 15-17; 21-22; 32-33; 35; Romans 4; Hebrews 11 |
Genesis 12:1 – The Lord had said to Abram, “Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. 2 – “I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. 3 […]
Creation: The Beginning of Life as We Know It
| Series: The Story | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 9, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Genesis 1-4; 6-0 |
One night last week Daniel and I “metroed” into D.C. to see the final installment of the Batman trilogy at the I-Max theater that is in the Smithsonian. It was the first TRUE I-Max film I’ve seen and we had a great time. The screen was six stories high. When Batman flew his hovercraft I […]
Occupied Territory
| Series: Evangelism 101 | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: September 2, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Luke 8:26-39 |
This morning I want to begin my sermon by showing you a clip from one of my favorite movies. I’m referring to the second installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Two Towers. As I’m sure you know this movie is based on the books of J. R. R. Tolkein—books that illustrate that […]
Rich Man, Poor Man
| Series: Evangelism 101 | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 26, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Luke 19:1-10 |
This week I read a story about a local fitness center that was offering $1,000 to anyone who could demonstrate that they were stronger than the owner of the place. Here’s how it worked. The owner—who was himself a real muscle man—would squeeze a lemon in his bare hands until all the juice ran into […]
Peter’s Healing
| Series: Evangelism 101 | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: August 19, 2012 | Scripture Reference: Acts 10:34-43 |
In his new book, Cast of Characters Lost and Found, Max Lucado writes: Tourists travel to Molokai—a ruby on the pearl necklace of the Hawaiian Islands—for its quiet charm, gently breezes, and soft surf. But Father Damien came for a different reason. He came to help people die. He came to Molokai because leprosy came […]