Yates Baptist Church
Saturday, May 19, 2012

Archived Sermons

The sermons below were preached by Dr. Don Y. Gordon and other ministers proclaiming the Gospel from Yates Baptist Church.


       
Lenten Sermon Series: One Day that Changed the World
A sermon series from Luke’s Gospel on the last 24 hours of Jesus Christ on earth prior to his death by crucifixion Friday at 3:00 pm.

The Last Supper  
  03-13-11
     Luke 22:7-38

Garden of Gethsemane  
  03-20-11
     Luke 22:39-46

Betrayal 
03-27-11
     Luke 22:47-53

Denial 
04-03-11
     Luke 22:54-65
 
Trials  04-10-11
     Luke 22:66-23:25

He Takes Away 
04-17-11 Rev. John Frederick
     Job 1

Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead? 
04-24-11
     Luke 24:1-12

What Were You Discussing?
05-01-11
     Luke 24:13-35

Eight Simple Rules for Raising Your Kids
05-08-11 
     Proverbs 22:6
 
So Great Salvation  Dr. Ron Cumbie 05-15-11
     Ephesians 1:1-14, Hebrews 2:3
 

 
Sermon Series:  Living Like a King
A sermon series based on the lives of some of the kings of Israel.

The Permissive Will of God”  
01-16-11
     1 Samuel 12
 
New Math   01-23-11
     Mark 12:38-44
   
New Consecration Sunday 
01-30-11
     Larry Hovis, CBFNC Executive-Coordinator
     
Like Father, Like Son (Rehoboam)  
02-06-11
     1 Kings 12:1-24

The Inevitability of Judgment (Ahab) 
02-13-11
     1 Kings 21
        
Of Pride and Humility (Hezekiah) 
02-20-11
     2 Kings 18-20          

Legitimate Kingship (Josiah) 
02-27-11  Rev. LeAnne Ryan
     2 Kings 22-23:25
          
The Last King of Israel (Zedekiah) 
03-06-11
     2 Kings 24:18-25:21


 
Advent Sermon Series
 
     Isaiah 2:1-5 and Matthew 24:37-44

Babies that Change the World
 
12-05-10
     Galatians 4:4-7

Putting Herod Back in Christmas 
12-12-10
     Matthew 2:1-23
 
Joy to the World  12-19-10
     Luke 2:8-20
 
A Firm Foundation  01-02-11
     Matthew 7:24-27
 
Deacon Ordination  01-09-11
 

 
Sermon Series: Top Ten Parables of Jesus

Number 10: Too Late 
09-05-10
     Matt. 25:1-13 - Parable of the Ten Virgins

Number 9: The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus 
09-12-10 
     Luke 16:19-31
 
Number 8: The Parable of the Weeds  09-19-10
     Matthew 13:24-43
 
     Luke 16:1-13
     Luke 18:1-8

Number 5: The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant  
10-17-10
     Matthew 18:23-35

Number 4: The Parable of the Talents  
10-24-10
     Luke 19:11-27

Number 3: The Parable of the Sower 
10-31-10
     Matthew 13:1-23

Number 2: The Parable of the Good Samaritan 
11-07-10
     Luke 10:25-37

Number 1: The Parable of Prodigal Son 
11-14-10
     Luke 15:11-32
 
     Luke 12:13-21
 

 
     Philemon

Living On This Side of the Rainbow
 
08-01-10
     Genesis 45:1-15

A Trinitarian God 
08-08-10
     Romans 8:9-11
 
     Ezekiel 37
 
     Numbers 13:26-33
 
     Ecclesiastes 1:1-11
 

 
Sermon Series: 1 John
 
The Word of Life  04-18-10
     1 John 1:1-5
 
Walking in the Light 
04-25-10
     1 John 1:5-2:2
 
Student Commissioning Service  05-02-10
 
Unattractive Leah  05-09-10  Rev. John Frederick
     Genesis 29:16-35
 
     1 John 2:15-17
 
     John 9:1-38
 
Anti-Christ  05-30-10
     1 John 2:18-22
 
Outreach  06-06-10
     Luke 15:1-8
 
     1 John 2:28-3:10
 
Love One Another 
06-20-10
     1 John 3:11-24
 
Test the Spirits 
06-27-10
     1 John 4:1-6
 
I Want to Know What Love Is  07-04-10  Rev. LeAnne Ryan
     1 John 4:7-21
 
     1 John 5:1-21
 
Youth Sunday  07-18-10  
 

     John 20:1-18
 
Don't Forget  04-11-10  Rich Goodier
     Luke 24:13-35
 

 
Sermon Series: Great Prayers of the Bible
 
     Genesis 18:16-33
 
Moses Prayer: Intimate Distance with God 
02-14-10
     Genesis 33:7-23

Jehoshaphat’s Prayer: Praying for Your Team to Win 
02-21-10
     2 Chronicles 20:1-30

Psalmist's Prayer: A Cry for Help 
02-28-10
     Psalm 22
 
The Lord’s Prayer 
03-07-10
     Matthew 6:9-13
 
Paul’s Prayer of Thanksgiving 
03-14-10  Rich Goodier
     Colossians 1:3-14
 
Jesus' Deathbed Prayer 
03-21-10
     John 17

Gethsemane Prayer
 
03-28-10
     Matthew 26:36-46
 

     2 Corinthians 5:16-21

     John 1:1-14
 
The Bread of Life   01-24-10
     John 6
 
Jesus on Facebook  01-31-10
     Colossians 1:15
 

 
Sermon Series: The Movies of Christmas
     Luke 2:25-32

A Christmas Carol  12-06-09 
     Matthew 2:1-8

Home Alone  12-13-09  Rich Goodier
     Matthew 1:18-25

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 
12-20-09 
     Luke 2
 
White Christmas  12-27-09
     Malachi, Isaiah
 

Principles of Stewardship    11-22-09
     2 Corinthians 8:1-5; 9:6-7
 
The Never Ending Feast  11-22-09  Rev. LeAnne Spruill 
     Joel 2:21-27
 

 
Sermon Series: A Dialogue with Atheists

Doesn’t Modern Science Prove the Irrelevance of God? 
10-18-09
     Acts 17:24-28a

What About All the Evil Done in the Name of Religion? 
10-25-09
     Micah 6:8; Matt 5:13-16; 1 John 4:8

What About the Bible's Disturbing Passages?
 
11-01-09
     Psalm 119:105, 1 Corinthians 10:11, 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Rulers of Creation  11-08-09  Rich Goodier 
     Genesis 1

If God is Good, Why Is There So Much Suffering in the World? 
  11-15-09
     Psalm 13:1; Gen 50:20; Psalm 23:4; Rom 8:28
 

 
Sermon Series: Water Stories Our Expressions of Worship
 
     Genesis 7
     Exodus 2
 
     Exodus 14:21-31
 
     Jonah 1
 
     Luke 5
 
     Revelation 22
 
Missions  10-11-09  Scott Mandl 
     1 Samuel 17
 

 
Other-Regarding Care  09-13-09     Rev. Neville Callum,
     General Secretary of Baptist World Alliance 
     Colossians 4:12-16
 
 The Few, The Proud, The Gideonites  08-22-09 & 08-30-09 
     Judges 7:1-24
 
     Acts 4:1-22
  
Reflections on the Lord's Supper  08-02-09  Rev. John Frederick
 
Milestones  07-26-09  Rev. J. Muckenfuss
     2 Corinthians 5:11-17
 
     John 3: 1-16
 

 
Sermon Series on David       

Anointing: Possibilities in Unexpected Places
  06-14-09
     1 Samuel 16:1-13

Ascendancy: Moving Through the Minefields of Jealousy 06-21-09
     1 Samuel 18:6-30
     2 Samuel 15:1-12  
             
Agelessness: The Promises of David  07-12-09
     2 Sam 7:1-17
 

 
     Exodus 3:1-10
 
     Exodus 16:2-15
 
490   05-17-09
     Matthew 18:21-35
 
     1 Corinthians 12:12-31
 
     John 4:5-29
 
     Jeremiah 29:1-19
 
Service, Rather than Serve Us  04-19-09  Rev. John Frederick
     Philipppians 2:1-11
 
Resurrection Now  04-12-09
     Colossians 3:1-4
 
 The Suffering of Jesus  04-05-09 
     Mark 8:31
 

 
Sermon Series from Galatians:  Freedom in Christ
 
Becoming a Person of Influence  02-22-09           
     Galatians 1:1-24
 
Finding Real Freedom  03-01-09
    
Galatians 2:1-21

Freed Up from Foolishness  03-08-09
    
Galatians 3:1-28

Who's Your Daddy?
  03-15-09
    
Galatians 4:1-31

Freed to Be Free  03-22-09   
    
Galatians 5:1-15

Responsibilities of the Freed  03-29-09
    
Galatians 6:1-18
 

 
A Series of Sermons Celebrating the 400 Anniversary of Baptists

The Year of the Baptists: 400 Year Anniversary of the Baptist Movement 
01-25-09
 
 
Baptist sermon #3: A free church in a free state  02-08-09       
     Matthew 22:15-22
 
 

 
     John 5:1-16
 
     Hebrews 12:1-11
 
An Advent Series: The Characters of Christmas
 
     Luke 2:8-20
 
     Matthew 1:18-25
 
     Luke 1:26-38
 
     Luke 2:8-20
 

 
     1 Corinthians 12:1-10
 
     2 Corinthians 8:1-7, 9:7-8, 15
 
     Matthew 16:13-20
 

 
A Fall Focus on Being "Simply Christian"
 
     Genesis 3 
     Genesis 1:26-27
     Genesis 11:1-9, 12:1-3
     Matthew 16:13-20
     John 14:15-31
     Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16, 39-40
     2 Timothy 3:16-17
     Ephesians 2:11-22
 

 
     1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
 
     Luke 16:1-13
 
     Matthew 14:22-23
 
     Mark 1:1-8
 

 
Biblical Perspectives on Love, Marriage, and Sex
 
     Genesis 1:1,26-2
 
What Women Wish Men Knew  06-29-08
     Ephesians 5:25, Colossians 3:12-17, 1 Corinthians 13
 
What Men Wish Women Knew  07-06-08
     Ephesians 5:21-24, Eph 5:33
 
How to Live When You Return from the Bahamas  07-13-08
     Colossians 3:12-14, 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

What Does It Mean To Be Faithful?  07-20-08
  Rev. John Frederick
     1 Timothy 4:4-5, Hebrews 13:4a
 
The Bible and Divorce  07-27-08
     Genesis 2:24-25, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5
 


     John 17:6-18
 
     Proverbs 22:6,15 and Ephesians 6:1-4
 
 

 
Series on the Life and Witness of Paul
 
      Acts 22:1-3 and Philippians 3:4b-6
 
     Acts 9:1-19
 
     Acts 24-26
 
A Eulogy for the Apostle Paul  06-01-08
     Rom 1:1-7,
2 Tim 4:6-18
 

 
 
     Luke 24:50-55
     
     John 20:1-18
 
     Luke 23:1-25
 

 
Overcoming Roadblocks of Life - a series of sermons to reveal some of the roadblocks that get in the way of living the abundant life Jesus promised.  These sermons can aid Christians in moving around these blocks and back onto the highway of successful living.
    Eccl 2:4-11   
 
    Jonah 3:1-10
    Ruth 2:1-13
 
     Matthew 6:25-34
 
     Ephesians 4:26, James 1:19-20, Proverbs 16:32
 
     Mark 10:35-45
 

 

 
    Gen 1:1-4, Acts 17:24-28
 
    Luke 2:8-20
 

 
This "Gospel 101" sermon series addresses the message and meaning of the Gospel as proclaimed by the Apostle Paul and recorded in his letter to the Romans.
 
    Romans 1:16-17, Acts 2:14-41
 
     Romans 2:1-16
 
     Romans 8:1-11