http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/The-Problem-with-Wisdom-3-10-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Problem with Wisdom (Ecclesiastes 2:12-17; 7:23-24) March 10, 2019 College holds a special place in our cultural narrative.  In books, movies, and TV, it is heralded as a time for young people to go off to pursue higher learning and to grow in wisdom—a journey that cannot be completed […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/The-Problem-with-Pleasure-3-3-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Problem with Pleasure (Ecclesiastes 2:1-11) March 3, 2019 There are some things people enjoy that require…training to be able to actually enjoy.  Fine art is one of those.  I haven’t quite developed enough of a taste for it to be able to enjoy it as thoroughly as others do […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/When-Life-Feels-Empty-2-24-19.mp3 When Life Feels Empty So…the Patriots won the Super Bowl.  Again.  I’ll just say: They’re really good.  More specifically, Tom Brady is really good.  Bill Belichik is really good.  They managed to bring just what they needed to beat every opponent they faced in the playoffs.  Every time.  Now, the result was the most […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Were-for-Them-2-3-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: We’re for Them – Jeremiah 29:1-7 February 3, 2019 I’m not totally sure if they still do them nowadays, but a few years ago both Lowe’s and Home Depot had kids build days one Saturday each month.  The projects were usually pretty cheesy, but for the boys they were a […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Planting-Seeds-FBCO-1-20-19_1.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Planting Seeds – Mark 4:1-32 January 20, 2019 I don’t have any corn growing in my front yard.  You can drive by my house any day of the week, any time of the day, and you won’t ever see any there.  It’s the weirdest thing.  It just isn’t there.  I […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Connecting-Like-Jesus-1-13-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Connecting like Jesus – John 4:1-45 Date: January 13, 2019 Our culture is a maze of contradictions.  Think about it: We have never been more connected in terms of technology and social media than we are right now and the webs are getting tighter and tighter all the time.  Movies […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Building-on-the-Right-Foundation-FBCO-1-6-19.mp3 Building on the Right Foundation When Noah was a baby, he liked to shove balls around the house like any little boy does.  Well, the house we happened to be living in at the time was actually really good for this.  If you went to the little hallway right in the middle of the […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/When-Life-Turns-Left-FBCO-12-30-18.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: When Life Turns Left December 30, 2018 Don’t you love a good plot twist?  I sure do.  The best movies and TV shows always have that moment that leaves you going, “Whoa!  I did not see that coming!”  When I was in high school and college, one of the directors […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/The-Life-of-a-Servant-FBCO-12-23-18.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Life of a Servant December 23, 2018 So, last week we looked at the story of Gabriel’s announcement to Zechariah that his barren wife would conceive and give birth to a son.  In this, we saw that God’s promises are not fulfilled solely by the boldly miraculous or the […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/A-Life-of-Faith-FBCO-12-9-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: A Life of Faith December 16, 2018 I wish I could have been there at the birth.  It would have been incredible.  Now, I’ll tell you straight up that nothing could even come close to comparing with the births of my own sons, but this one would have come pretty […]