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Get to Steppin
Free The sermon at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church this AM (February 19, 2012) tells about four stooges (we called them Mo, Larry, Curly, and Shemp) who bring a friend (we called him Joe) to Jesus. Old Joe is paralyzed. The … Continue reading
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So, You’ve Had A Good Day – Inspired by Scripture and a Song by Sponge Bob Square Pants
Sponge Bob Square Pants That’s right… sings a song that inspires a dream that shows up in today’s sermon. Preached on February 5, 2012, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, this sermon is titled “So, You’ve Had A Good Day!” … Continue reading
The Devil Wears Church Clothes
The Devil “The Devil Wears Church Clothes!” You’ve seen the devil, right? You know where he hangs out! Down in the “crack house” – or in the back alley where a woman sells her body for money to buy drugs … Continue reading
James Forbes Preaching on John Jasper Day
Forbes GRITtv: Rev. James Forbes: What Is Our Responsibility? Rev. James Forbes talks about the responsibility of everyone to ensure that natural disasters don´t become human disasters. GRITtv with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into … Continue reading
New Beginnings – What Do You Do When You Want To Quit?
Sermon This sermon (preached on Janaury 8, 2012 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church) is based on the creation story (Genesis 1) and the story of Jesus baptism (Mark 1:4-11). The sermon is preached at the start of a … Continue reading
God With Us (In Our Grief)
God (I conducted a funeral today for one of the most pleasant woman I have ever met. Her name is Betty Thornburg and I hope you will forgive the indulgence as I share the homily I shared this morning at … Continue reading
Confined: Christmas Sermon 2011 At Patterson Avenue Baptist, Richmond, Virginia
Here’s the good news for this Christmas day: “Jesus Christ, the human Son of God, is born into this world captive to all the things that bind and restrict us. Then, in our place and on our behalf, he escapes one confinement after another. In the process he opens us up into an ever-increasing and irreversible freedom. Because of what he has accomplished – in life, death, and resurrection – we have been set free. Continue reading
Legacy
Every day in so many ways, we are trying to create our sense of value and worth. We engage in so many building plans to establish our Legacy. The message of the gospel is that our building programs mean nothing. God has establish His legacy in Christ – and we are included in that in Christ. Continue reading
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