Sermons

Back in 2002 I joined these 19 other Redlanders on our first mission trip to Nairobi, Kenya. For nearly two weeks we worked alongside Cathie Burke and the women of the Amani Ya Ju ministry. One thing that I couldn’t help but notice during those weeks in Kenya were all the examples I saw of […]

As most of you know on our mission trip to the Dominican Republic in January of 2011 our construction team built a church—THIS CHURCH—in a village called Pravodencia. Pravodencia is a community where the men work in the cane fields…fields that stretch as far as the eye can see. As we did fluoride treatments that […]

As many of you know several years ago our church partnered with a new church start in Conway, New Hampshire, known as Valley Christian Church. For six summers teams of Redlanders caravanned north to work alongside the members of that church by doing construction projects, community census, prayer walks—and helping lead Vacation Bible School. Bill […]

This morning I want us to begin by playing a little game. I’m going to list several dates—dates that have one thing in common. See if you can guess what it is: Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Birthdays, Christmas, Wedding Anniversaries Does anyone see the common denominator I’m getting at? Right—each of these days […]

There was once a rich landowner named Carl and Carl loved to ride around his vast estate on his favorite horse to celebrate his great wealth. One day as he rode he came upon Hans, a poor old tenant farmer who worked some of his land. Hans was kneeling under a tree and after greeting […]

Matthew 28:18 – Jesus said, “All authority in Heaven and on Earth has been given to Me. 19 – Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 – and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded […]

Romans 3:23-24 – “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” One of the difficult […]

Unfortunately most of us are familiar with MURPHY’S LAWS—those humorous lists of things that, according to some guy named Murphy, CAN and DO go wrong in life. Here’s some examples: The other check-out line at COSTCO always moves faster than the one you are in. This is true even when your line is the shortest. […]

One of the wisest people I’ve ever known is my Grandfather Adams. That’s him in the upper right corner of this family picture…taken when my dad was home on leave from WWII. My grandad had a small farm in central Mississippi and when I was a kid we’d spend a week or two of our […]

John 1:1 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 – He was with God in the beginning. 3 – Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 – In Him was life, and that life […]