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The Faith of Flexbility (video and brief summary)

By on Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 | No Comments

The Faith of Flexibility Sermon Series:  Take Your Foot Off The Brake And Get Your Life Moving From February 2, 2014 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church The Faith of Flexibility Text:  Matthew 4:18-21 18 As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They […]

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Getting Off The Roundabout

By on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 | No Comments

Have you ever been stuck on a roundabout? I only know of one roundabout in the metro Richmond area, over near the White Oak Shopping Center, but there may be others. If you are unfamiliar with the term, a roundabout is a type of circular junction in which road traffic must travel in one direction […]

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Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritual Small Talk (Book Review)

By on Thursday, August 29th, 2013 | No Comments

Too much of what passes as “evangelism” in the contemporary church is nothing more than religious propaganda.  Armed with a “gospel track” comprised of a series of biblical verses (invariably taken out of context, i.e. “The Roman Road” or “The Four Spiritual Laws”) a would-be evangelist hits the road, with the intention of getting people […]

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Becoming a Missional Person

By on Thursday, November 8th, 2012 | No Comments

As Patterson Avenue Baptist Church moves forward toward becoming a missional church – it’s people will increasingly see themselves as “God’s People on God’s Mission With God.” The congregation will become a “permission giving” church.  There will be no cookie cutter or template into which a person must be force-fitted to be a faithful member and […]

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Becoming A Missional Church

By on Thursday, November 8th, 2012 | No Comments

We have begun our journey toward the year 2021. Patterson Avenue Baptist Church has asked the question:  What might our congregation look like in the year 2021 if we live into our sense of God’s calling.  We’ve answered that question with a prophetic and imaginary look into the future – producing a video report to […]

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Project 2021: Our Future Story

By on Monday, October 1st, 2012 | No Comments

What’s the FUTURE look like? Only God’s know, right? Well, certainly only God KNOWS our future!  But still, we can imagine what the future might be like. The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church has be on a journey called “Pursuing Missional Faithfulness.”  It’s been a couple year journey of prayer, study, and reflections – all aimed to […]

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Narrative Sermons (Video and Article)

By on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 | No Comments

 OUTLINING SERMONS- Narrative–018 The easiest and most effective sermons are narrative sermons or stories. This lecture teaches you how to outline your narrative sermons by outlining blocks of thought instead of facts. The Narrative Sermon With the narrative sermon the preacher uses storytelling to bring out the word of God. The preacher takes a story […]

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Rooftop Crisis

By on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 | No Comments

The church (especially in the west) is experiencing a major crisis.  This might me the end.  Or it could be an occassion for an awakening – an opportunity unlike anything the Christianity has seen in 1000 years.  Or it might mean both, really.  It really depend on how we respond.  How will you respond? Click this […]

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Preaching In The Transition Zone: Bilingual Baptist

By on Friday, September 17th, 2010 | No Comments

  Text:  2 Kings 18:17-37  They sure were cute!  They were the children’s choir of the Colonial Beach Baptist Church.  Each member of the choir was about age six.  As they entered the choir loft they began to sing: “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen.  Nobody knows my sorrow.” I thought:  “How much trouble can […]

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Preaching In The Transition Zone: Wheelers and Dealer

By on Friday, September 17th, 2010 | No Comments

SERMON TITLE:  Wheelers and Dealers? – Texts:  Matthew 25:14-30 A wealthy man goes on a  trip.  Before leaving he calls together three of his servants.  He entrusts into their care the stewardship of his possessions.  To the first he gave five talents.  To the second he gave two talents, and to the last he gave […]

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