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Archive for the Grace Notes Category


Wearing Your Sunday Best

Scripture Lesson: Luke 10:38-42 (NIV)           There was a time when almost every child in America had at least three sets of clothing.  They had school clothes, play clothes, and church clothes.  A child’s church clothing was commonly referred to as their “Sunday best.”        Wearing one’s “Sunday best” communicated more than simply a style […]

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It’s Simple – sermon video for June 16, 2013

Below is the sermon video for The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, in Richmond, Virginia. The date for this sermon was June 16, 2013. The sermon title is “It’s Simple” and is based on Galatians 2:15-21… Here’s the passage of scripture: “We who are Jews by birth and not sinful Gentiles know that a person is […]

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The “&”

The title for this message is simple “The &” This is the sermon form June9th preached at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. The text is Luke 7:11-17 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person […]

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Burning Out Or Rusting Out

I attended a revival where Jeana (my wife) was asked to sing.  As the preacher got up and began to get revved up, he started to admonish the congregation with things they had to do to be right with God. “You’ve got to read your Bible!” “You’ve got to pray every day!” “You’ve got to […]

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I Am a Spirit, Who has a Soul, Living in a Body

I am a spirit, who has a soul, living in a body.  I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thessalonians 5:23). For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to […]

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Coming to The End of Self-Sufficiency

Coming to The End of Self-Sufficiency For any congregation or individual to be used effectively by God, it need to come to the end of self-sufficiency and learn how to depend on God’s resources and direction.Consider Moses.  The first 40 years of his life had been magnificent as he lives the life of an Egyptian […]

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Being Trinitarian

Being Trinitarian does not simply mean, “Hey, I believe in the doctrine of the Trinity.”  It is not some sort of mathmatic equation like 1 + 1 + 1 = 1, or anything like that.  There are many people who believe in the “doctrine of the Trinity” and regulate it to some sort of “mystery” […]

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The Crucifixion – did God die?! (Robert Jenson’s thoughts)

The Crucifixion – did God die?! (Thoughts from Robert Jenson-via Andre Rabe) “That we see God in sufferings and the cross would never be guessed from them. Of possible attributes that are not good in this world, we will discuss the most offensive and decisive: God is mortal. God has in fact suffered death and […]

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Dealing With Sin(S)

The work of Christ  was aimed toward humankinds universal brokenness…not simply toward some laundry list of “sinS” that usually includes everything we don’t do (or hide the fact that we do). The cross aims toward our “SIN” (no ‘S’ at the end of the word). Those who make is a laundry list of “sinS” ARE (biblically) redefining […]

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Not Enough Booze

Have you ever attended a party where they ran out of booze? Jesus did!  He attended a wedding feast in Cana where there was “not enough booze” The keg was tapped out, the open bar became a closed bar, the rum bottles ran dry – there was not enough booze. It was a major foax […]

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