Yates Baptist Church
Saturday, September 04, 2010

Sermons

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

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Sermon Series: Top Ten Parables of Jesus

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

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
     Luke 13:24-43
 
Who is Matthew Yates? (Homecoming)  09-26-10

Number 7: The Parable of the Shrewd Manager  10-03-10
     Luke 16:1-13

Number 6: The Parable of the Persistent Widow  10-10-10
     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
 
What's In Your Barn?  11-21-10
     Luke 12:13-21
 
First Sunday of Advent  11-28-10

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

The Enemies of Jesus  12-12-10
     Matthew 2:1-12
 
Joy to the World  12-19-10
     Luke 2:8-20
 
     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