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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You Want A Revolution
As we make our way through LENT, I have been thinking about ADVENT. That makes sense because Incarnation and Atonement are tied together – and they mean more than just missing our on hell and eventually finding our way into heaven. At least that what Mary thinks. Read Luke 1:46-55 When seeking a biblical personality [...]
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. [...]
Are You A “Poop Machine?”
Frightened by the clamor of thunder in the night, a little child cried out. Holding her securely in his arms, her father explained that she needn’t fear. God would take care of her because He loved her greatly. “I know God will take care of me and love me,” she relied. “But right now, Daddy, [...]
