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 […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Hard-to-Love-10-27-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Hard to Love (Luke 6:27-35) Date: October 27, 2019 Do you remember some of the phrases your dad said a lot when you were growing up?  Every dad has these.  It’s part of the secret dad creed (but if you tell anyone I’m afraid the consequences will be quite grave […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Uncomplicated-Relationships-10-13-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Uncomplicated Relationships (Romans 12:9-21) Date: October 13, 2019 Around about the time that I was coming through my early teenage years, schools were just beginning to transition from having junior high schools to having middle schools.  My own school district followed the trend pretty closely.  When I was a freshman […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/A-Slower-Pace-10-6-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: A Slower Pace (Exodus 20:8-11, 31:12-17; Mark 2:23-28) Date: October 6, 2019 Do you remember going on vacation as a kid?  I remember several different vacations we took.  I remember seeing Disney for the first time and marveling at the magic found there.  I’ll never forget the first time I […]

http://fbcoakboro.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Use-It-Well-9-29-19.mp3 Reverend Jonathan Waits Sermon: Use It Well (1 Timothy 6:3-19) Date: September 29, 2019 By a show of hands, how many of you have heard of Benny Hinn?  The televangelist is a longtime peddler of the Prosperity Gospel.  The Prosperity Gospel is a uniquely American heresy (that we have unfortunately exported around the world) […]