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 …

Contentment and Generosity

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist March 13, 2022 Philippians 4:10-23             Today we are coming to an end of our walk through Philippians. In some ways, although we have been in this series since January 1, it has felt like a jog through Philippians. But it has been a good run. I know that God has …

Praying through Anxiety

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett Asbury Free Methodist March 6th, 2022 Philippians 4:1-9             Today we’re continuing our series “a walkthrough Philippians;” We are going to look at the first nine verses of chapter 4. As I was looking at these nine verses, there were about 6 sermons that I wanted to preach. But that would take us well past …