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How Grace Changes You

By on Thursday, May 19th, 2011 | No Comments

A tremendous thrill swept through Jericho in anticipation of Jesus’ arrival. This was nothing unusual. An appearance by Jesus always caused some sort of commotion. The sick came to be healed. The hungry came to be fed. Parents brought their children to be blessed. Curious onlookers came to observe. Even the enemies of Jesus were […]

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Running and Running and Running

By on Thursday, May 12th, 2011 | No Comments

As a child one of my favorite places to visit was the pet store.  In fact, I still like visiting the pet store.  I liked seeing the lineup of puppies and wish I could adopt them all.  I like looking at all the cats hoping that I never adopting any of them.  I like looking […]

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This Is Discipleship

By on Friday, May 6th, 2011 | No Comments

Read   John 10: 1-30 Nearly all of the teachings and actions of Jesus found in chapters 5-10 of John’s gospel are somehow related to one of the many Jewish religious festivals.   Chapters 7-8 are generally agreed to be related to the Feast of the Tabernacles. The events recorded in chapter 9 are thought to have […]

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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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Easter Gift: Freedom

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

Read John 8: 14-36  In John 8:14-36, we are reminded of the fact that as human beings apart from grace, we are enslaved to sin.  We will also learn that Jesus meets our needs by teaching us that the only way to experience real freedom is through becoming a disciple – a follower of Jesus […]

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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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This Christianity Thing Is Beyond Belief

By on Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 | No Comments

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 no place in […]

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“Free To Be…” – Jeana Murray-Nieporte

By on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

On February 20th, Patterson Avenue Baptist Church celebrated “WMU Focus Sunday.” The women of Patterson Avenue led worship – as they so effectively lead in all areas of congregational life. Our guest preacher was my lovely wife, Jeana Murray-Nieporte, and she did a terrific job. Her text was Hebrews 12:1-2 and Acts 2:16-18 (which is […]

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Intellectually Bankrupt

By on Friday, February 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Read 1 John 5:1 – 12  It has always fascinated me that so many in the church spend a great deal of their time attempting to find scientific and historical proof to support the assertions of the Christian religion.           For example, there are dozens of religious books in the marketplace that were written with claims […]

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Engage

By on Friday, February 11th, 2011 | No Comments

I began commenting on Joshua 3 a few blogs ago with some discussion about the iconic show, “Star Trek.”  I said that the journey into the Promised Land – like the journey of all discipleship – is to move into a place where “no one has gone before.” Well, for the discipleship trek, that’s not exactly […]

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