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Archive for the Grace Notes Category


Advent Reflection: Purveyors of Hope

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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Moving Beyond Belief

Read Luke 5:1-11 Oswald Chambers wrote:  “There is a difference between devotion to principles and devotion to a person. Hundreds of people today are devoting themselves to phases of truth, to causes. Jesus Christ never asks us to devote ourselves to a cause or a creed; he asks us to devote ourselves to him.”  At […]

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God Emptied Himself – Advent Reflection

God Emptied Himself Philippian 2:5-11 Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God,     did not regard equality with God     as something to be exploited, but emptied himself,  [/highlight]   taking the form of a slave,     being born in human likeness. And being […]

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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 Collection of Trinitarian Theologians

The list below includes the names of 36 Trinitarian theologians.  The list was compiled by “Kerry’s Loft” and is made of folks from the last 100 years, or less.  If you click on any name, you’ll be taken to a list of resources about each theologian. What, exactly, is Trinitarian theology? It is MORE than just […]

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Can God Love Somebody Like Me?

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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Question: “Who Gave You The Right…?”

Here are some more “stupid questions” If you mated a bull dog and a shitsu, would it be called a bulls***? Why is Grape Nuts cereal called that, when it contains neither grapes, nor nuts? If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him? Why is it called a […]

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You are dead…

We are dead and our lives are hid with Christ in God. Dead. Out of the causal nexus for good. Dead. Not on trial. Dead. Out of the judicial process altogether. Not indicted, not prosecuted, not bound over, not found guilty. Just dead. And the lovely thing of it is that we were dead even […]

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Getting Off The Roundabout

Have you ever been stuck on a roundabout? I only know of one roundabout in the metro Richmond area, over near the White Oak Shopping Center, but there may be others. If you are unfamiliar with the term, a roundabout is a type of circular junction in which road traffic must travel in one direction […]

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