http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Stay-Focused-1-5-20.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Stay Focused (Nehemiah 6:1-4) Date: January 5, 2020 Have you ever been distracted? So, just the other day I was looking at the NFL schedules for next year. Guess who faces off at some point in the season? The Chief and the Panthers. In Kansas City. Boom. We’ll have to […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Keep-Seeking-12-29-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Keep Seeking (Matthew 2:1-12) Date: December 29, 2019 So here we are on the other side of the big day. Did anybody wake up Thursday morning and think, “Now what?” I mean, Wednesday we were all like, “Ho, ho, ho!” But Thursday? It was perhaps more like, “Oh, oh, oh…” […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/A-Savior-for-Nobodies-12-22-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: A Savior for Nobodies (Luke 2:8-18) Date: December 22, 2019 Another cold night. Just like the last one. And the one before that. And the one before that. I can’t even remember the last time I was warm. I mean, the sun is nice during the day, but man do […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Faith-in-the-Hard-12-15-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Faith in the Hard (Matthew 1:18-25) Date: December 15, 2019 They’re finally asleep, thank the Lord! You would think that exhaustion from the journey alone would have made that particular task significantly easier than it has proved to be lately, but you would be wrong. These are the things no […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Big-News-12-8-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Big News (Luke 1) Date: December 8, 2019 In a season when busyness seems to be the name of the game, sometimes it’s hard to remember just what exactly it is we are supposed to be celebrating at this time of year.  Many of us know the story of Christmas […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/A-Good-Story-12-1-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: A Good Story (Isaiah 7-9) Date: December 1, 2019 That was a moment right there, wasn’t it?  I don’t know about you, but that song is one of my favorites.  There is power in this proclamation, “it is well!”  There is strength in being able to declare that though sin […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/You-Are-Loved-11-24-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: You Are Loved (Romans 5:1-10) Date: November 24, 2019 Have you ever watched somebody get something they didn’t deserve?  How’d you feel about that?  Did it inspire you?  Did it sicken you?  Were you pretty well ambivalent about it?  I would guess that most of us, depending on the exact […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Hard-Truth-11-17-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: The Hard Truth (Exodus 32) Date: November 17, 2019 Have you ever heard of “face-palming”?  It’s typically used as a humorous expression of shock or exasperation at something that strikes you as surprising or, more often, idiotic.  Just so we’re all on the same page here, for a proper face-palming […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Loves-Transformation-11-10-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Love’s Transformation (John 4) Date: November 10, 2019 Let me start this morning with a tough question.  In fact, I want you to close your eyes in order to answer this one.  How would you respond if your child was murdered?  That’s an emotional question, I know, so go ahead […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/How-to-Talk-to-Dummies-11-3-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: How to Talk to Dummies (2 Timothy 2:22-26) Date: November 3, 2019 Have you ever tried arguing with a wall?  I know that’s kind of a silly question, but humor me.  How would it work arguing with a wall?  Well, as long as you take the position that the wall […]