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Is There Hope? Easter Sermon Video and Manuscript

By on Wednesday, March 30th, 2016 | No Comments

Jesus Tresurrection gives us hope, not merely for life after death – but for LIVING LIFE in the here and now. his post contains the sermon preaching on March 20, 2016, at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church.  The sermon is titled:  “Is There Hope?” and is based on Matthew 28:1-8.  This is the sermon preached on […]

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The People Mover

By on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015 | No Comments

This post contains the sermon preaching on December 20, 2015, at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church.  The sermon is titled:  “The People Mover” and is based on Mary’s song found in Luke 1:46-57. You can see the video read the manuscript below. There are several links on this page to make such SHARING much easier. If the […]

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Promised Hope

By on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015 | No Comments

This post contains the sermon preaching on November 29, 2015, at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church.  The sermon is titled:  “Promised Hope” and is based on Jesus words recorded in Jeremiah 33:14-16. This is the sermon for the First Sunday of Advent, focused on the HOPE.  You can see the video read the manuscript below. There […]

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Two Minute Warning – Advent 1, 2014 Sermon Video

By on Saturday, December 13th, 2014 | No Comments

Here’s the sermon  video for the sermon preached on the First Sunday of Advent (Hope) on November 30, 2014, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. You can watch the video below.  A podcast can be downloaded at the church website:  Patterson Avenue Baptist Church The sermon is titled:  “The Secret to Thanksgiving” and is based on Philippians […]

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Advent Reflection: Purveyors of Hope

By on Friday, December 6th, 2013 | No Comments

Thomas Long tells a story about a man who was speaking to some friends in his church, punching the air with his finger, pronouncing every word with force, while a dozen of or so other people in the room turned to listen. “I’ll tell you what keeps me coming to this church.” The man was […]

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Hopelessness and Hope

By on Wednesday, October 16th, 2013 | 1 Comment

Argy was a sweet old fellow, a member of the first church I served after seminary.  I visited him shortly after hearing that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.   I found him where I almost always found him, sitting in a lawn chair, overlooking his garden. After a few minutes of small talk, I broached […]

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Practical Atheist

By on Wednesday, October 9th, 2013 | No Comments

15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. (Luke 17:15) What about the tenth leper?  He took some time for reflection.  He realized he had experienced something amazing.  And so, before returning home, he went to Jesus and fell at the Lord’s feet with shouts of praise […]

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Lord, Have Mercy

By on Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 | No Comments

Luke 17:11-14 11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he […]

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Light a Candle – Video Sermon

By on Monday, December 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Do you remember the “Hee-Haw” variety show? One of my favorite scenes each week was when a couple of fellows in a field started to sing: “Gloom, despair, and agony on me – Deep dark depression, excessive misery. “If it weren’t for bad luck – “I’d have no luck at all, “Gloom, depair, and agony […]

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Hope and Faith – two quotes from William Sloane Coffin

By on Sunday, December 4th, 2011 | No Comments

Two quotes from William Sloane Coffin, author of Credo: “Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart’s full of hope, you can be persistent when you can’t be optimistic. You can keep the faith despite the evidence, knowing that only in so doing has the evidence any […]

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