The Church at Sardis

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist June 12, 2022 Revelations 3:1-6             We have been working our way through the churches of Revelation. What we have seen is that Jesus is actively judging his church. He knows the state of each church. He knows what they are doing right. He knows what their challenges are. He knows …

The Church in Thyatira

Asbury Free Methodist – June 5, 2022 Revelation 2:18-29             We have been working our way through the seven churches in Revelation, and today we come to the church in Thyatira. Thyatira was the least important of the seven cities that the apostle John wrote to, yet it warrants the longest letter. Jesus cares about his churches, whether they are …

The Church at Pergamum

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist – May 29, 2022 Revelation 2:11-17             We have been working our way through a series titled “The Churches of Revelation.” Jesus appeared to the apostle John and gave a direct message to each of the seven churches. I think we have seen that in speaking to them, he is also …

The Church at Smyrna

By Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist May 20th, 2022 – Revelation 2:2-11             I am happy to bring God’s word to you this morning. I have been out of the pulpit and we have paused our series on the churches of Revelation for a couple of weeks. We resumed the series this morning by looking at the church in …

The Church of Ephesus

The churches of Revelations – Part 2 – Revelations 2:1-7 – May 1, 2022 By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett -Asbury Free Methodist             Wouldn’t it be amazing to receive a postcard from Jesus! The seven churches of Revelation did! Jesus had a word for each of them. Today we are going to look at the letter sent to the church …

The Churches of Revelation – Part 1

Jesus! By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist April 24, 2022 Revelation 1:9-18             Today I am going to start of new series on the churches of Revelation. This series will be interrupted for a couple of special speakers, but I am expecting it to take us to the July long weekend.             There are a couple of …

Easter Sunday 2022

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist – April 17, 2022 1 Peter 1:3-8             We celebrate this day in history – because it changed everything. It was like a bomb went off in the spiritual realm, and everything was different. The events that we celebrate at Easter are at the core of our faith as followers of …

Palm Sunday 2022 – You met my need

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist April 10, 2022 – Luke 19:28-35             I am going to do something a little different for this Palm Sunday sermon. Half the sermon is going to be a video from a website called eyewitnessbible.org. There are some things that I want you to see in this Palm Sunday story – …

The Wisdom of Bartimaeus

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist Church April 03, 2022 Mark 10:46-52                             We are deep into the season of Lent. Next Sunday is Palm Sunday – where the crowds shouted, “Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” The Friday after that is the Friday we call good because it was the …

Fasting For Life

By Rev. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist March 20, 2022 Matthew 6:18-23                I know that Lent has not been a tradition that many of you grew up with. We are learning to celebrate it here at Asbury because traditionally, the historic church has found it a helpful discipleship tool. As you know, one of the main features of …