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 […]
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.
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 |
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 […]
The Father Heart of God
| Series: -- | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 18, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Psalm 103:8-13 |
8 – The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 – He will not always accuse, nor will He harbor His anger forever; 10 – He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 – For as high as the heavens are […]
Gideon … Valiant Warrior
| Series: -- | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: June 11, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Judges 6-8 |
You may remember my telling you two weeks ago about some of the books I’ve enjoyed reading lately. One of the series I mentioned was the historical novels of the civil war written by Michael & Jeff Shaara-father and son. The father, Michael, wrote the first novel, Killer Angels, which chronicles the Battle of Gettysburg. […]
Esther – The Queen and I
| Series: Women of the Bible | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 28, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Esther 4:13-16 |
There are few things I like more than to lose myself in the pages of a good book….and if you too are an avid reader, then you know that truly GOOD books are rare. I don’t know about you but when I find a really good book I have trouble keeping quiet about it. I […]
Ruth – When Life Is Not Fair
| Series: Women of the Bible | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 21, 2000 | Scripture Reference: Ruth 1:1-17 |
There’s an old French fairy tale about two daughters-one bad and the other good. The bad daughter was her mother’s favorite…but the good daughter was kind of a “Cinderella” in that she was unjustly neglected, despised, and mistreated in her own home. One day, while drawing water from the village well, the good daughter met […]
Hannah – A Mothers Worth is Never Done
| Series: Women of the Bible | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: May 14, 2000 | Scripture Reference: 1 Samuel 1:1-20, 24-28 |
Who do you think is the most POWERFUL person in the world? Could it be the President of the United States? After all, he is the commander in chief of the greatest military force in the world and has a huge nuclear arsenal at his fingertips. Or….maybe a better choice would be Allen Greenspan? I […]
The Best News Ever Heard
| Series: -- | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: April 23, 2000 | Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 15:12-22 |
12 – But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 – If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 – And if Christ has not been raised, […]
Seven Ducks In A Muddy River
| Series: -- | Preacher: Mark Adams | Date: April 2, 2000 | Scripture Reference: II Kings 5:1-14 |
1 – Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier….but he had leprosy. 2 – Now bands from Aram had gone out […]