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Archive for the Sermons Category


So, You’ve Had A Good Day – Inspired by Scripture and a Song by Sponge Bob Square Pants

Sponge Bob Square Pants That’s right… sings a song that inspires a dream that shows up in today’s sermon. Preached on February 5, 2012, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, this sermon is titled “So, You’ve Had A Good Day!”  Or, as Sponge Bob Square Pants might sing, “It’s the Best Day Ever!” The text […]

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The Devil Wears Church Clothes

The Devil “The Devil Wears Church Clothes!” You’ve seen the devil, right?  You know where he hangs out!  Down in the “crack house” – or in the back alley where a woman sells her body for money to buy drugs in the crack house.  Or maybe in the BIG bank, where cold, heartless bankers foreclose […]

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The Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor delivers a sermon entitled ”Sacramental Sky.”

Barbara Brown Taylor Sunday Service – 2/28/2010 – Barbara Brown Taylor A service of worship in Duke University Chapel. The Reverend Barbara Brown Taylor delivers a sermon entitled ”Sacramental Sky.” Altar in the World, An: A Geography of Faith by: Barbara Brown Taylor publisher: HarperOne, published: 2009-02-01 ASIN: B003B65280 sales rank: 15338 price: $5.79 (new), […]

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James Forbes Preaching on John Jasper Day

Forbes GRITtv: Rev. James Forbes: What Is Our Responsibility? Rev. James Forbes talks about the responsibility of everyone to ensure that natural disasters don´t become human disasters. GRITtv with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates. Watch any show, at any […]

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Wearing the Team Jacket

Ravens Sermon for January 22, 2012 at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church Based on Mark 1:14-20 – Sermon Title:  Wearing the Team Jacket What does my Baltimore Raven’s jacket have to do with Christian discipleship?  Listen to the sermon right now to find out.  Click this hyperlink immediately to listen to the sermon. Oh, the sermon message […]

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New Beginnings – What Do You Do When You Want To Quit?

Sermon   This sermon (preached on Janaury 8, 2012 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church)  is based on the creation story (Genesis 1) and the story of Jesus baptism (Mark 1:4-11). The sermon is preached at the start of a new year – aiming to bring hope for new beginnings.  The aim of the sermon […]

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God With Us (In Our Grief)

God (I conducted a funeral today for one of the most pleasant woman I have ever met.  Her name is Betty Thornburg and I hope you will forgive the indulgence as I share the homily I shared this morning at her memorial service.) Isaiah 7:14  Therefore the Lord himself will give youa sign: The virginwill […]

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Confined: Christmas Sermon 2011 At Patterson Avenue Baptist, Richmond, Virginia

Here’s the good news for this Christmas day: “Jesus Christ, the human Son of God, is born into this world captive to all the things that bind and restrict us. Then, in our place and on our behalf, he escapes one confinement after another. In the process he opens us up into an ever-increasing and irreversible freedom. Because of what he has accomplished – in life, death, and resurrection – we have been set free.

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Legacy

Every day in so many ways, we are trying to create our sense of value and worth. We engage in so many building plans to establish our Legacy. The message of the gospel is that our building programs mean nothing. God has establish His legacy in Christ – and we are included in that in Christ.

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The Meaning of Christmas – with help from Linus

Linus Christmas Monologue from Peanuts-A Charlie Brown Christmas. Linus tells us ”what Christmas is all about”. Even though people around the world celebrate  Christmas on December 25, that was probably not the actual day on which Jesus was born. Many scholars believe that Jesus was more likely to have been born in September. But the […]

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