http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Full-Contentment-4-14-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Full Contentment (Ecclesiastes 11:7-10; 12:12-14) April 14, 2019 One of the things I have actively encouraged you guys to be doing is spending daily time in the Scriptures.  This is something I’ll keep encouraging and keep encouraging and keep encouraging because of how utterly transformational this practice is to the […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Problem-with-Wealth-4-7-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Problem with Wealth (Ecclesiastes 5:10-20) April 7, 2019 Have you ever felt like the system is rigged in favor of the wealthy and at the expense of the not-so-wealthy?  The odds are that unless you happen to feel like you’re part of the “wealthy”—that ubiquitous class of people who […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/The-Problem-with-Work-3-31-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Problem with Work (Ecclesiastes 2:18-23; 3:9-13) March 31, 2019 Have you ever done something that you knew, even while doing it, was a waste of your time?  I worked at OfficeMax in the print department while I was in seminary.  I really enjoyed the job and had a great […]

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 […]