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Am I Accepted? Lent 3 Video and Manuscript

By on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016 | No Comments

We all hunger for inclusion, belonging, that feeling that comes when we know we have a place and are accepted. But our foibles, flaws, and failures often leave us believing that we are unacceptable and excluded from the life and love of God.)

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I resign, quit, surrender

By on Thursday, January 22nd, 2015 | 2 Comments

  Each one of us has a way of shutting things out, a way of shutting other people out, a way of shutting God out.  In the Hebrew Bible we read a story Joshua telling Moses to instruct Eldad and Medad to stop preaching in the camp (see Number 11:24-29).  In the Gospel (Mark 9:38-50) […]

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You Were Created For MORE

By on Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 | No Comments

Before the foundation of the world, God created you to enjoy life in the Triune fellowship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.That fellowship – that Divine Dance – gives life wholeness, peace, and passion. Unfortunately we often try to find those gifts in other places…… …in a spouse, …from a child, …from a parent, […]

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Loved – sermon video and manuscript

By on Monday, August 18th, 2014 | No Comments

Are their boundaries to God’s grace or limits to God’s love? Click To Tweet Preached August 17, 2014, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. , this sermons asks and answered the rhetoricakl questions:  “Are their boundaries to God’s grace?  Are there limits to God’s love?” We’ll find out answer in the God revealed in Jesus […]

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Inclusion

By on Monday, July 28th, 2014 | 1 Comment

You are included. You have a place at God’s table.  Nothing will ever separate you from God’s love. Click To Tweet This sermon, preached July 27, 2014, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. , celebrates the all inclusive nature of God’s love and grace.  Preached by Dr. Bill Nieporte, the sermon is based on Romans […]

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Adoption

By on Monday, July 21st, 2014 | No Comments

Preached on July 20, 2014, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. , by Dr. Bill Nieporte, this sermon is based on Romans 8:12-17 and is titled, simply:  Adoption This message explores one of the Apostle Paul’s favorite concepts for describing our inclusion into the life of God – the concept of Adoption.  But […]

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The Lesser Things of Folderol (A Parable), by Ralph Harris

By on Saturday, February 15th, 2014 | No Comments

The Lesser Things of Folderol (A Parable), by Ralph Harris (The video presentation is at the bottom of this post) I have an unusual story today—a modern church parable. For those at a recent and very large conference belittling all things Charismatic (people and beliefs, many of them misrepresented in my view), for those who […]

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Can God Love Somebody Like Me?

By on Saturday, November 16th, 2013 | No Comments

In the last several post, we have explored the challenging questions Jesus face from the Pharisees, Scribes, and Sadducees – all recorded in Luke 20.  “Who gave you the authority to do what you are doing?”  “Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar?”  “If a man marries a woman and dies, and his six […]

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Video Post (Sermon): A Gospel for the Wacky

By on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 | No Comments

 Luke 19:1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree […]

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All Are Included

By on Tuesday, October 8th, 2013 | 5 Comments

Wow!  Amen!  Praise the Lord!  What a wonderful story! 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, […]

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