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Question: “Who Gave You The Right…?”

By billnieporte on Tuesday, November 12th, 2013 | 3 Comments

Here are some more “stupid questions” If you mated a bull dog and a shitsu, would it be called a bulls***? Why is Grape Nuts cereal called that, when it contains neither grapes, nor nuts? If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him? Why is it called a […]

Getting Off The Roundabout

By billnieporte on Thursday, November 7th, 2013 | No Comments

Have you ever been stuck on a roundabout? I only know of one roundabout in the metro Richmond area, over near the White Oak Shopping Center, but there may be others. If you are unfamiliar with the term, a roundabout is a type of circular junction in which road traffic must travel in one direction […]

Video Post (Sermon): A Gospel for the Wacky

By billnieporte on Tuesday, November 5th, 2013 | No Comments

Luke 19:1-10 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through. A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy. He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree […]

Gramma’s Cooking, Real Good BBQ Sauce, Jesus’ Resurrection, Mama’s Embrace, and Life in God’s Grace

By billnieporte on Monday, October 28th, 2013 | No Comments

I love BBQ. Real Good BBQ. On October 27, 2013 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church I invited some of the young men (boys) in the church to help me make BBQ sauce. As we cooked, I told them a few stories… About My Jewish Grandmother Teaching Me To Cook About My Son And I Learning How To […]

Grace to ALL

By billnieporte on Monday, October 14th, 2013 | No Comments

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 […]

God’s Greatest Gift

By billnieporte on Friday, October 11th, 2013 | No Comments

There is a proverb which says, ““No gift is truly ours till we have thanked the giver.” We’ve come to the end of our week of reflection on Luke 17:11-19. What we have learned is that Jesus grace/blessed/healed ten lepers. Still, sadly, only one, a Samaritan, returned to give thanks. I wonder what was going […]

Making God Celebrate – Video Sermon, Base On Luke 15:1-10

By billnieporte on Monday, September 16th, 2013 | No Comments

Sermon preached on 9/15/2013 at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA The text is Luke 15, with special emphasis on versus 1-10. Does God dance, celebrate, and rejoice? If so, what is it that prompts God to party? What makes God joyful? Here’s a picture of a celebrating, joyful, dancing God! The Great Dance: […]

Turning 50, Working Out, Carrying the Cross

By billnieporte on Friday, September 13th, 2013 | 2 Comments

The sermon on 9/8/2013 was based on Luke 14:25-33, and included reflection on my 50th birthday. You can watch the video here: 50 Things to Do When You Turn 50: 50 Experts on the Subject of Turning 50 (Fifty Experts on the Subject of Turning Fifty) by: Ronnie Sellers publisher: […]

Video Sermon: Soup That Tastes Like Bread And Wine

By billnieporte on Thursday, September 5th, 2013 | No Comments

Reggie McNeal, author of The Present Future, writes in that book: “Church culture in North America is a [mere] vestige of the original Christian movement, an institutional expression of religion that is in part a civil religion and in part a club where religious people can hang out with other people whose politics, world-view, and […]

Bent Over People (video sermon)

By billnieporte on Monday, August 26th, 2013 | No Comments

The 8/25/2013 sermon from the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church is based on Luke 13:10-17. The sermon included a video found on Youtube, found in a sermon preached by Len Sweet, one of my favorite preachers and authors. The video clip is included in the file found just below the sermon video. Life has a way […]

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Gramma’s Cooking, Real Good BBQ Sauce, Jesus’ Resurrection, Mama’s Embrace, and Life in God’s Grace

Grace to ALL

God’s Greatest Gift

Making God Celebrate – Video Sermon, Base On Luke 15:1-10

Turning 50, Working Out, Carrying the Cross

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