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 […]

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, […]