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 …

Stand Firm!

By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett – Asbury Free Methodist February 27th, 2022 – Philippians 3:15-4:1             We are continuing our walk-through Philippians.             Another week, another world crisis. Russia has invaded Ukraine. The prognosticators are trying to predict what it will mean for us. Probably higher prices for gas and bread. That is the best-case scenario.             It seems that …

Spiritually Mature Attitude

Rev. Dr. Brent Russett — Asbury Free Methodist February 20, 2022 — Philippians 3:7-15             We are continuing our walk through Philippians today by looking at Philippians 3:7-15.             I love to hear testimonies of how God has worked or is working in a person’s life. I love to hear how God met a person and turned their life around. …

It’s about Jesus

Asbury Free Methodist – February 13, 2022 By Rev. Dr. Brent Russett Philippians 3:1-8             When I originally planned this series, I had planned to preach the whole passage that was read to you. As I got into it, however, I thought that his passage deserves at least two sermons – So, this morning, we are only going to look …