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Living by Faith

By on Friday, August 5th, 2011 | No Comments

Living by faith means living in response to God’s continual movements of grace.   Living by faith means that we trust Jesus to save us—to unite us with God.  Living by faith means that we allow God to unite us to one another in a new humanity—the family of God.  Living by faith means that we […]

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Claim the Promise

By on Monday, July 25th, 2011 | No Comments

We don’t take Jesus seriously. Think about it!  When was the last time you did any of the things Jesus did?  When was the last time you did anything GREATER than Jesus?  Do you think it is sacriligous to suggest that you can do the things Jesus did – and even greater things?  If so, […]

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Cool

By on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

This is the closing prayer…and pretty much the jest of the sermon for this coming Sunday. Father, we are tired of struggling…tired of trying… tired of wrestling and fighting. Father, we give up, we quit, we are not going to try anymore. We are not going to work at it. We are not going to […]

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The STAIN of Sin VS The CORE of Christianity

By on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Last Saturday I stained my back deck.  In the process, I also stained my sidewalk, the side of the house, and the grass in my backyard.  Oh, the trees in the backyard are all redwood, now – even though God did not bring them into the world as redwoods.  STAIN. That night on Facebook a […]

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If you can’t forgive, let Papa-God do it instead

By on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 | No Comments

Recently I found myself in the Emergency Room of a hospital here in Richmond, Virginia.  I was there to visit the family of a young child in my church who had suffered an eye injury.  Thankfully, the young fellow is fine. While sitting in the waiting room, God arranged another appointment. A young woman had […]

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A Pushy Prayer From People At Wits End

By on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 | No Comments

There are a lot of people waxing prophetic about the end of the good old USA, our way of life, the struggling economy – the entire globe, in fact, is (to listen to some) on the road to hell, being carried in a handbasket. So what do we do in these tough times. I’ve taken […]

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What is Your Weakspot?

By on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 | 2 Comments

What is your weak spot?  Perhaps you have some sort of physical disability.  Maybe your ears can’t hear so well.  Maybe you feet don’t work as they should.  Maybe you must live your lives every day dealing with terrible aches and pains.  What is your weak spot?  For many of you, perhaps words cancer, heart […]

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Traveling First Class

By on Friday, July 8th, 2011 | 1 Comment

I read an interesting bit of information recently that reminded me of certain attitudes and habits among us that need to be challenged by the vision of reality that Jesus came into the world to embody. The information comes by way of famed preacher John Claypool and harkens back to a time when the stagecoach […]

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How Does Your Church See Itself?

By on Thursday, July 7th, 2011 | 2 Comments

One Sabbath, while traveling through Philippi, Paul happened upon several women who were worshipping God near a river.  One of them, a woman named Lydia, opened her heart to what Paul had to say concerning Christ.  She responded to his message and was baptized.  Then she went home and told her family what she learned.  […]

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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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