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Posts Tagged evangelism


Bridges (sermon video and manuscript)

The sermon from September 28, 2015, at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church is included in this blog post (both the video and the manuscript).   The sermon is titled:  “Bridges” and is based on Jesus words recorded in Mark 938-41. There are several links on this page to make such SHARING much easier. If the […]

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A More Christlike God: A More Beautiful Gospel

Brad Jersak is an author and teacher living in Abbotsford, BC. He teaches New Testament and Patristics on the faculty of the Westminster Theological Centre in Cheltenham, UK. Additionally, he teaches at the St Stephen’s University as a adjunct professor and is the senior editor of Christianity Without the Religion, a publication based in Pasadena, […]

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Doing “Evangelism” Starting With Grace

For those who preach, teach, or otherwise share the Gospel…we should always lead with GRACE. Consider these words from Baxter Kruger:  “We make a mistake when we start the Gospel with, ‘we are sinners separated from God,’ instead of starting with Jesus–Who is the Father coming after us to embrace us.” The FIRST way – […]

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Video Sermon: Soup That Tastes Like Bread And Wine

Reggie McNeal, author of The Present Future, writes in that book: “Church culture in North America is a [mere] vestige of the original Christian movement, an institutional expression of religion that is in part a civil religion and in part a club where religious people can hang out with other people whose politics, world-view, and […]

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

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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Some Guy Jumped Me At The Mall

A few weeks back, as the Christmas shopping season began, I was jumped by a guy at the mall.  The guy did not have a knife or a gun.  His weapons were a collection of Gospel tracts.  His desire was to make sure I was “SAVED.” “If you were to die tonight, do you know whether or […]

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Challenging Days

Challenges require faith, hope, commitment, and tremendous levels of courageous faith.  If these qualities are brought to the table, challenges can be met and overcome.  That’s where we are in the Western church right now, and Patterson Avenue Baptist is NO EXCEPTION. Here are the sobering facts: In 2010 – only 16.5% of our nation […]

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Opportunity

Moments of “crisis” are dangerous times – but they are also times of great opportunity.  This fourth sermon in the “Rooftop” series (based on Acts 10:1-11-18) explores the mindset necessary for a believer and congregation to be opportunity focused. In this sermon you will hear things like… Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff It’s Not About […]

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What Does It Mean To Be Missional?

Do you remember that fellow who was possessed by demons?  He was called “legion.”  (You can read about him here: Luke 8:26-39).  I think I met him what i was a kid! When I was growing up down in Florida, there was a man living a block over from us that everyone in the neighborhood […]

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God Is Not A Listkeeper

In John 1, we discocver that when the Baptizer saw Jesus he said:  “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes way the SIN of the world!”  This sermon, preached at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, Richmond, VA – January 16, 2011, explores what it means to know that human SIN has been taken away by Christ. […]

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