Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Love like Jesus (John 13:34-35) Date: September 1, 2019 By the time I reached my senior year of college, I was so deep into my chemistry major there was no turning back from that.  I say that, because by that time I had already agreed to pursue God’s call to ministry […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Irreducible-Complexity-8-25-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Irreducible Complexity (1 Peter 4:7-11) August 25, 2019 Some of the fiercest and most significant debates happen in places where nobody sees them.  These are often inner-disciplinary debates among scholars on a single topic.  And the stakes for these are a lot higher than it would seem.  For instance, a […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Return-the-Favor-8-18-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Return the Favor (1 Peter 1:13-16) August 18, 2019 Just out of curiosity this morning, how many of you have both been called and actually served for jury duty?  Thank you for that.  We don’t often thank jurors, but they contribute a vitally important service to our nation’s judicial system.  […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Keep-at-It-8-11-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Keep at It (1 Corinthians 15:58) Date: August 11, 2019 Have you ever wanted to give up?  You pick the reason.  Have you ever been at a point where you were seriously considering throwing up your hands and walking away from something?  I think we all hit those places at […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Staying-on-Track-8-4-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Staying on Track (1 Corinthians 9:24-27) Date: August 4, 2019 When I was growing up, I had the great fortune of going to a church with a whole bunch of godly men to watch as examples of how to do the Christian life well.  It was a gift that has […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/What-Do-You-Know-7-28-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: What Do You Know? (Matthew 22:37) Date: July 28, 2019 Do you know where the annual U.S. sailboat show takes place?  Any takers?  Do you know who else didn’t know the answer to that question?  James Holzhauer.  Name ring a bell?  He was the most recent super candidate on the […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Get-Your-Head-on-Right-7-21-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Get Your Head on Right (Philippians 4:8) Date: July 21, 2019 I grew up in a hymn-singing church.  Every single Sunday morning we sang hymns.  As a result, the great hymns of the faith are like a warm, familiar embrace for me.  I suspect that in this room, I’m not […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Making-God-Happy-7-14-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Making God Happy (Hebrews 11:1-6) July 14, 2019 We were sitting in a restaurant the other day and over my shoulder a family had been seated at a pretty large table.  They needed the space.  The waitress came over like she would for any customer and took drink orders.  Not […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-Secret-to-Mattering-Most-7-7-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Secret to Mattering Most (2 Peter 1:3-8) July 7, 2019 Let’s start this morning with a quick pop culture survey for you.  Shout it out if you know the answer.  What do Dude Perfect, PewDiePie, HolaSoyGerman, and elrubiusOMG all have in common?  They are all YouTube stars.  PewDiePie leads […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-Hard-Road-6-30-19-1.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Hard Road (Matthew 2:1-18) June 30, 2019 Most cultures have a set of proverbs, adages, axioms that form the popular foundation on which the bulk of its people stand when it comes to thinking about how they are going to get by and get along with one another.  Many […]