http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Resist-Pride-FBCO-12-2-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Resist Pride December 2, 2018 We had a rainy November, didn’t we?  As the rain was falling a couple of weeks ago, I looked out at our swamp and we had more water standing in our yard than we did during Hurricane Florence.  And, given that we had almost as […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Avoid-Spiritual-Amnesia-FBCO-11-18-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Avoid Spiritual Amnesia November 25, 2018 When was the last time you forgot something?  (And if you can’t remember, now counts.)  Forgetting things is frustrating.  For the life of me, I can’t figure out how some things stick, but others don’t.  Usually, it too often seems like the inane, unimportant […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Worship-and-Surrender-FBCO-11-11-18.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Worship and Surrender November 11, 2018 Have you ever used a Chinese finger trap?  Unless you’ve spent the last 30 minutes stuck in it and are waiting to get loose, grab the one you were handed this morning as you came in.  Go ahead and stick your fingers in it.  […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Living-Courageously-FBCO-11-4-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Live Courageously November 4, 2018 Our culture loves heroes.  Superhero movies have always been popular, but the last few years have seen their profiles rise to epic proportions.  For many moviegoers, the wait for the next Marvel film is agonizing.  I recently read a quote from Kevin Smith, a director […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Calling-On-God-FBCO-10-28-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Calling on God October 28, 2018 Do you remember a time when you felt completely overwhelmed by some situation you were facing?  Now, it’s one thing to feel like that when you came into a situation totally unprepared.  But it’s a bit scarier when you have prepared really well.  It’s […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pursue-Godliness-FBCO-10-14-18.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Pursue Godliness October 14, 2018 This past week was an anniversary of sorts, although probably not one you’ve ever heard of before.  Fifty-five years ago this past Friday, Walter Ciszek was released from prison in Soviet Russia and returned to the United Stated after more than 20 years in captivity.  […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Breaking-Free-FBCO-10-7-18.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Breaking Free October 7, 2018 Have you noticed that one of Disney’s goals lately seems to be to make live-action remakes of all their classic animated films?  We’ve so far seen Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Jungle Book, Maleficent, Pete’s Dragon, and Christopher Robin, with films like Dumbo, Mulan, […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Zero-G’s-FBCO-9-30-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Zero G’s September 30, 2018 We recently watched the Oscar-nominated film, The Martian, starring Matt Damon.  It really was a great movie.  It’s about a team of astronauts who have established a little outpost on Mars.  During their research, however, a wild storm moves in and they have to abandon […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/You-Dont-Own-Me-FBCO-9-16-18.m4a You Don’t Own Me Have you ever experienced the change of attitude that can come from being grateful for something?  Whether they knew it or not, when your parents or grandparents or teachers or any other busy-body adults you’ve had in your life taught you to say, “thank you,” when someone has done something […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Wealth-has-Gravity-FBCO-9-9-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Wealth Has Gravity September 9, 2018 Rich people have it made, don’t they?  I mean, if you’re rich and something breaks, you can just call someone to come fix it.  Better yet, you can just throw the old one out and get a new one.  When you’re rich and a […]