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Archive for the Missional Grace Category


Hopelessness and Hope

Argy was a sweet old fellow, a member of the first church I served after seminary.  I visited him shortly after hearing that he had been diagnosed with terminal cancer.   I found him where I almost always found him, sitting in a lawn chair, overlooking his garden. After a few minutes of small talk, I broached […]

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Grace to ALL

Below you will find the video of the October 13, 2013 sermon preached at “The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church.”  The text for the sermon is located in Luke 17:11-19 and is the story popularly called:  “The Healing of the Ten Lepers.”  This sermon is titled:  Grace to All!  You’re whole community can get in on […]

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I never knew God LIKES Me!

I preached a sermon in which I said something to the effect: “God is your best friend. God is a wonderful Father who is so proud of you.  If God has a pocketbook, your picture is in there.  If God has a refrigerator God has put your works of art all over it.  When the angel gather […]

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Practical Atheist

15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. (Luke 17:15) What about the tenth leper?  He took some time for reflection.  He realized he had experienced something amazing.  And so, before returning home, he went to Jesus and fell at the Lord’s feet with shouts of praise […]

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All Are Included

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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Lord, Have Mercy

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, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he […]

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Distractions (a sermon video and manuscripte based on Luke 10:36-42)

Sermon Title: Scripture Lesson: Luke 10:38-42 (NIV)    Date: July 21, 2013 The sermon manuscript follows the video:   Arthur Windhorn has written a poem about our day and age. This is the age of the half-read page; The quick hash and the mad dash. This is the age of the bright night with the nerves […]

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Traveling Light (Video Sermon, July 7, 2013)

This is the video sermon preached on July 7, 2013, titled:  “Traveling Light” based on Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, in Richmond Virginia.       The People’s New Testament Commentary by: M. Eugene Boring publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, published: 2010-01-25 ASIN: 0664235921 EAN: 9780664235925 sales rank: 229893 price: $9.48 […]

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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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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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