Sermons & Bible Study

The audio and text archive of Dr. Drexel Rayford's sermons are below. All audio is in Windows Media format (.wma).

Rayford's Ramblings (Blog) is online as of March, 2008. Check it out and dialog with the pastor!

Starting on March 30th, we began the “We Actually Can Make a Big Difference” worship series. Over the nine weeks from March 30th to June 1st, we have continued to celebrate how a group of Christians who decide together to do things differently can make a significant, collective impact on the society in which we live. Click to find out more and explore the series.

June, 2008

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
June 1, 2008	Two Men, Two Mountains			Mark 10:17-31
June 15, 2008	Lessons From a Whiskey Barrel			Ephesians 6:1-4; Luke 15:11-32
June 22, 2008	Light From the Shadowlands			John 9:1-7; Luke 13:1-5
June 29, 2008	What If Jesus Waits Another 5,769 Years?			Revelation 1:1-3; Matthew 24:36; II Thessalonians 2:1-2; Amos 5:18-20

May, 2008

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
May 4, 2008	When We Get Behind Closed Doors			Deuteronomy 24:10-11; Luke 9:57-58
May 11, 2008	Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight			Luke 18:1-8
May 25, 2008	Think Globally			Leviticus 25:1-7

April, 2008

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
April 6, 2008	Our Human Vocation			Genesis 1 and 2
April 13, 2008	The Common Good as Uncommon Good Theology			Philippians 2:1-4
April 20, 2008	’Til Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away			Exodus 16:11-20; Deuteronomy 11:1; 8; 13; 18-22; 26, 27; 32, Philippians 2:1-5a
April 27, 2008	Super-Size Me			Deuteronomy 14:3-21

March, 2008

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
March 2, 2008	God Loves Songwriters in Jeans			I Samuel 16:1-13, Psalm 23
March 9, 2008
March 16, 2008
March 23, 2008	Easter Sunday
March 30, 2008

February, 2008

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
February 3, 2008	Bait They’ll Bite			Matthew 4:18-22; 17:1-9
February 10, 2008	Waiting for Everyman			Matthew 4:1-11
February 17, 2008	Untitled Sermon about Abraham Before He was Abraham (Children's Sunday)			Genesis 12:1-4
February 24, 2008	Special Guest Speaker - Wayne Kerr

January, 2008

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
January 6, 2008	Home By Another Way: Part II			Matthew 2:1-12
January 13, 2008	Why We Dunk ‘Em			Matthew 3:13-17
January 20, 2008
January 27, 2008	Ministry Means Mud			Matthew 4:18-23

December, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
December 2, 2007
December 9, 2007	What Do You Think?			Isaiah 11:1-10; Psalm 72; Romans 15:4-15; Matthew 3:1-6
December 16, 2007	That Same Small Town in Each of Us			Luke 1:46b-55
December 23, 2007	History's Most Neglected Side Man
December 30, 2007	Riding the Hump of a Question Mark: Part I			Hebrews 2:10-18

November, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
November 4, 2007	Up a Tree, Out On a Limb			Luke 19:1-10
November 11, 2007	A Veteran's Druthers			Various
November 18, 2007	Second Anniversary Statement
November 25, 2007

October, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
October 7, 2007	A Thousand Different Decisions			Luke 17:5-17
October 14 , 2007	Wherever You Go, There You Are			Jeremiah 29:1; 4-7; Luke 17:11-19
October 21, 2007	This is Not Your Father’s Heart Burn			Jeremiah 31:27-34
October 28, 2007	The Gospel According to Brooks Brothers?			Luke 18:9-14

September, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
September 2, 2007	Table Manners			Luke 14:7-14
September 9, 2007	The Gospel According to a Run-away Trunk			Luke 14:25-33; Luke 12:34
September 16, 2007
September 23, 2007
September 30, 2007

August, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
August 5, 2007
August 12, 2007	No Kind of Game			Isaiah 1:10-20
August 19, 2007	The Great Relay Race			Hebrews 11:29-12:2
August 26, 2007	Whole Lotta Shakin Goin’ On			Hebrews 12:18-29

July, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
July 1, 2007	Freedom isn’t Free			Galatians 5:1; 13-25
July 8, 2007	Hot Coffee and Lost Pants
July 22, 2007	What Model Do You Have?			Colossians 1:15-28
July 29, 2007	An Uninterrupted Clause			Luke 11:1-13

June, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
June 3, 2007	Good Dirt			Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-36
June 10, 2007
June 17, 2007	A Clean Slate			Luke 7:36-8:3
June 24, 2007

May, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
May 6, 2007	On Canning Taboos			Acts 11:1-18
May 13 , 2007	O Mother, Where Art Thou?			Acts 16:9-15
May 20, 2007	Heads in the Clouds			Acts 1:1-11

April, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
April 1, 2007	Palm Sunday on the London Underground			Luke 19:28-40
April 8, 2007	Easter Sunday
April 15, 2007	This Thing About Doubt			John 20:24-29
April 22, 2007	The Need for a U-Turn			Revelation 5:11-14; Luke 13:1-5
April 29, 2007	Direct Flights			Revelation 7:11-17

March, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
March 4 , 2007	When Jesus Suggested Henpecking			Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35
March 11, 2007	Of Faith and Fig Leaves			Isaiah 55:1-9
March 18 , 2007	The Parable of the Audaciously Forgiving Father			Luke 15
March 25, 2007	For the Love of Money			John 12:1-8

February, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
February 4 , 2007	Wastin’ Away Again in Margaritaville			Luke 5:1-11
February 11, 2007	Of Weeds and Clipper Ships			Jeremiah 17:5-10; Psalm 1; Luke 6:17-26
February 18 , 2007	Why Couldn’t We Drive it Out?			Luke 9:28-43
February 25, 2007	Guest Speaker - Phil Baquie

January, 2007

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
January 7, 2007	Cold Well Water			Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:21-22
January 14, 2007	Getting Drunk on the Second Rate			John 2:1-11; Isaiah 62:1-5
January 21, 2007	The Gospel According to NASCAR			I Corinthians 12:12-31a; Luke 4:14-21
January 28, 2007	Because You're Mine, I Walk The Line			Luke 4:16-30

December, 2006

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
December 3, 2006	Hope in a Barn (First Sunday of Advent)
December 10 , 2006	I Need to Hear the ‘A’ Note (Second Sunday of Advent)			Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 3:1-6; Philippians 1:3-11
December 17, 2006	The Gospel According to the Beatles			Luke 3:7-20; I Corinthians 13:1-13
December 24, 2006	Surprised By Joy			Luke 1:39-45
December 31, 2006	Where Have You Been? (preached by Trey Bearden)			Luke 2:41-52

November, 2006

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
November 5, 2006	You Choose			Psalm 146
November 12, 2006	The Scarcity System			Mark 12:38-44
November 19, 2006	Thanksgiving
November 26, 2006	The Man Who Would Be King			John 18:33-37

October, 2006

Date	Title	Audio	Text	Scriptural References
October 1, 2006	Pass the Salt			Mark 9:38-50
October 8, 2006	That Was Then! This is Now!			Hebrews 1:1-14
October 22, 2006	After Googling ‘Hyrax’ and ‘Ibis’			Mark 10:35-45
October 29, 2006	The Pretender			Mark 10:46-52