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Posts Tagged incarnation


Where is God? Lent 4 Video and Manuscript

Where is God?” Is God with us and for us, or not?  The revelation of God given us in Jesus is our definitive answer.   God is in Jesus Christ, bringing salvation and grace to all.  This is the message of incarnation that is essential to our understanding of God being in Christ, reconciling the world. […]

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The People Mover

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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Lessons From A Busted Water Pipe

Alice turned 100 years old this past November.  She is actively involved in the life of our congregation.  She’s been an active participant in this congregation (and Calvary Baptist before us) for ALL of her life.  So she’s her lots of sermons over here lifetime. So, when Ms. Alice requested a copy of this sermon to […]

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HOME (for Christmas) Video Sermon

Home – Matthew 1:18-25 The sermon was preached on December 22, 2013, by Dr. Bill Nieporte, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA.  You can read the manuscript below, or watch the video (the link comes up after this little note.   You may also visit the church website at http://www.pattersonavenuebaptist.com and listen to the […]

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Painting The Stars

“When I have a terrible need of – dare I say, ‘religion’? – then I go outside at night and paint the stars.” – Vincent Van Gogh Van Gogh’s quote serves as inspiration for the title of a new educational DVD/video series, titled:  “Painting the Stars: Science, Religion and Evolving Faith.” (Disclosure:  I received this […]

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When Your Life Passes Before Your Eyes

When Your Life Passes Before Your Eyes “Have you ever been in one of those situations where it seemed like your life has passed before your eyes?”  That FEELING is one of doom and dread, darkness and despair – the fear that the end is near.  We explored this idea on the First Sunday of […]

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AUTHORITY From The Cross

Authority From The Cross – Luke 23:33-43 The sermon was preached on November 24, 2013, by Dr. Bill Nieporte, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA.  You can read the manuscript below, or watch the video (the link comes up after this little note.   You may also visit the church website at http://www.pattersonavenuebaptist.com […]

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A Gospel For The Wacky

I will be adding the video for this sermon in a separate post.  Below you will find the manuscript for a sermon titled:  “A Gospel for the Wacky” based on Luke 19:1-10, preached on 11/3/2013 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. “A Gospel for the Wacky” Luke 19:1-10 Art Graham, former Associate Pastor of this […]

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Moving from Missional to Incarnational

I have a friend who started a church in one of the most secularized regions of Virginia Beach.  He worked for a year to build relationships and friendships with people in his community.  Many of them were really wacky to the typical Sunday morning church people ways of thinking.  Some were Wiccans, some were addicted to […]

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Ancient and Modern Reflections on Incarnation

“We needed an Incarnate God, a God put to death, that we might live.  We were put to death together with Him, that we might be cleansed; we rose again with Him because we were put to death with Him; we were glorified with Him, because we rose again with Him,” Gregory Nazianzen, A Select […]

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