http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Keeping-the-Beat-FBCO-9-2-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Keeping the Beat September 2, 2018 When playing the drum set, one of the first things you learn is how to play “time.”  Indeed, much drum set music as a part in an ensemble will have several measures that are blank with the exception of a line with two little […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/What-If-God-Answered-FBCO-8-26-18.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: What If God Answered? Date: August 26, 2018 Do you remember the worst lecture you ever got from your parents?  While I confess that I fall to it way more often than I should with my boys, my folks either weren’t much for lecturing or else I’ve forgotten all of […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/How-Not-to-Comfort-the-Hurting-FBCO-8-19-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: How Not to Comfort the Hurting Date: August 19, 2018 Have you ever been sure you were right…until you learned you weren’t?  Tell me if you’ve been here before.  One day we were getting ready to go to the pool and I had asked Noah to go to the garage […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/What-to-Do-When-the-Wheels-Fall-Off-FBCO-8-12-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: What to Do When the Wheels Fall Off Date: August 12, 2018 A few years ago the news came out that Elizabeth Elliot had passed away at age 88.  Elliot had been serving the Lord in various capacities for nearly her entire life.  What she is perhaps best known for, […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Its-Worth-It-FBCO-8-5-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: It’s Worth It Date: 8/5/18 Have you ever experienced the disorienting phenomenon known as sticker shock?  Let’s say you’re walking through a department store and there you see it: the dress.  What you might possibly need the dress for is entirely beside the point.  What your husband might say about […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/The-Man-Who-Got-It-FBCO-7-29-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Man Who Got It Date: 7-29-18 Do you remember your parents ever doing something for your brother or sister that they did not do for you?  What was your immediate complaint?  That’s not fair!  Actually, you probably said it with a bit more…emotion in your voice.  That’s not faaaaaaiiiir!!!  […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Knowing-Jesus-FBCO-7-22-18.m4a Knowing Jesus Think back with me for a minute to your bedroom growing up.  What kind of stuff did you have in it?  Specifically, whose poster did you have on your wall?  Was it an actor?  A musician?  A sports star?  Who was it?  How much did you know about this person?  Were you […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Game-On-FBCO-7-15-18.m4a Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Game On Date: 7/15/2018 Well, this morning we are taking a brief break from our series, Hard Sayings, to talk about something else.  There are a couple of reasons for this.  First, I don’t know about you, but the past three weeks have been a bit bruising.  Not only that, […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Misplaced-Anger-FBCO-7-8-18.mp3 Misplaced Anger Have you ever held up someone as a hero only to have them fail you?  I’ve talked before about my being a Kansas basketball fan.  When I was growing up, Roy Williams was KU’s coach.  I idolized Roy Williams.  When I played basketball in grade school, I was convinced that I was […]