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Jesus Came Back On May 21st – I Saw Him

By on Monday, May 23rd, 2011 | 3 Comments

Yesterday the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church conducted a “free swap marketing” at our location. The idea came to us from an initiative from Imago Dei, a young/missional congregation who shares space with us in the Patterson Ave Baptist building.  It was their idea and our joy to partner with them. A “free swap market” is exactly how […]

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The most radical thing we can say: YOU ARE LOVED BY GOD

By on Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 | No Comments

Read Ephesians 1:4-5; John 14:1-21, I john 4:8, and John 3:16-17 Here is some thoughts I have been scribbling down as I prepared sermons for the next two Sundays, based on John 14:1-21.  It will really be ONE sermon with two movements.  Here’s the title (and the movements):  LOVED BY GOD – LOVING GOD i John […]

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Quick Quote

By on Thursday, May 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Thanks Tom Batterson for sharing the following quote from Tom Murphy: “Much current leadership ‘wisdom’ in the church is little more than taking popularized ideas from the marketplace, running them through the baptistery, and validating them with biblical illustrations. Leadership in the Kingdom of God must surely be other, more, and better. “Some basic principles […]

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Almighty God Is Singing To You Right Now: “Take A Chance On Me!”

By on Friday, April 15th, 2011 | No Comments

“I’m just saying…” I heard an old song on the radio today.  It got me thinking.  The lyrics contained a line:  “Take a chance on me!” I imagined the Trinity standing in front of a church, singing to the congregation:  “Take a chance on me!” A few years ago I became interested in the stock market.  I […]

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LIGHT (continue) – But I am not blind, am I?

By on Saturday, April 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

We continue to our final discussion of the man born blind (from John 9). Poor guy!  After seeing the way his neighbors, family, and church folk acted – he probably wondered whether gaining his sight was worth the trouble. Well, the crazy church folk were not done, yet. “Give God the glory for healing you,” […]

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I’m Just Saying…SEX, SEX, SEX

By on Thursday, March 10th, 2011 | No Comments

Read Song of Songs 2:3-17; 4:1-7; 5:10-16; 7:11-13 “I’m Just Saying… SEX” Okay, now that I have your attention. My last post was about Rob Bell’s upcoming book that addresses the topic of hell. The topic of this blog may not actually be hotter than hell, but it gets close. It’s about SEX. (No pictures […]

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Does Love Win?

By on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 | 2 Comments

The net is all a buzz about the forth-coming book by Rob Bell titled:  “Love Wins!”  Not just the net, however!  There have been stories broadcast by most major media television networks asking the question:  “Is Rob Bell a heretic?” The hubbub started as a result of a promotional video by Rob in which he […]

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Have You Been Raised Right?

By on Saturday, March 5th, 2011 | No Comments

I’m Just Saying… I was recently introduced to a book by Ferrol Sams titled The Whisper of the River.  It is a story about a young boy, reared in Georgia, as a part of the Southern Baptist tradition.  In the book Sam speaks about being “Raised Right.” He says:  The child who had been Raised […]

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The Nature of Love

By on Friday, February 18th, 2011 | No Comments

I’ve just begun reading a book titled, “The Nature of Love: A Theology” by Thomas Jay Oord.  I am really on a few pages in, but I think I am going to love it.  When I finish, my review will be posted. The book cover entices me to read.  It says, “Some theologians have placed […]

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James Torrance

By on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 | 1 Comment

In his book Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace, theologian James Torrance  offers an insightful evaluation of much of what we call worship.  He writes that our worship… “…has no doctrine of the mediator or sole priesthood of Christ, is human-centered, has no proper doctrine of the Holy Spirit, it too often non-sacremental, […]

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