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The Gospel Is NOT Fair (Video and Manuscript)

By on Monday, September 18th, 2017 | No Comments

Preached September 21, 2014, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA. , this sermon makes clear the truth that neither God nor grace are fair. In western culture and it’s evangelical religion, a prevailing myth is that God’s aim in redemption is balancing and settling accounts.  The God whom Jesus reveals, however, is not at all concerned […]

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The End of the Road – Last Service of Patterson Avenue Baptist

By on Monday, August 21st, 2017 | 2 Comments

The End of the Road John 12:24 (NIV) 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. Last Sunday, it was brought to my attention that an unattended closet in the education wing […]

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Holy Wednesday, Debates and Discourse About the Temple

By on Thursday, April 13th, 2017 | No Comments

Holy Wednesday Debates and Discourse About the Temple (Matthew 24-25) While a student in seminary I worked for about nine months as the youth minister of a church in down-town Louisville, Kentucky.  At one time the church had been very large.  It had known a very active ministry.  Times had been changing, however, and the […]

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Passion Sunday: The Disillusionment of Self

By on Monday, April 10th, 2017 | No Comments

This post includes the video and manuscript for the Passion/Palm Sunday worship gathering in 2017 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. The Grace of Disillusionment Matthew 27:27-31 (NIV) Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a scarlet robe on […]

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Lenten Intentions: Life After Life After Death

By on Friday, April 7th, 2017 | No Comments

Life After Life After Death In this post you can watch the video and/or read the sermon notes for the sermon titled: “Life After Life After Death” preached at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church.  This is a part of the “Lenten Intentions” sermon series. Text:  John 11:1-45 (NIV) 17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus […]

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Lenten Intentions: The Blame Game

By on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 | No Comments

The Blame Game   You’ll notice a rather raspy voice, as I was suffering with a bad bout of the flu during this fourth Sunday of Lenten.  Below is both the video and manuscript for “Lenten Intentions:  The Blame Game” John 9 (NIV) 9 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His […]

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Lenten Intentions: Roadblocks

By on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 | No Comments

Roadblocks This is week three of Lenten 2017.  The sermon title is ROADBLOCKS from the series:  “Lenten Intentions”  Bot the video and manuscript are below John 4:5-42 (NIV) 5 So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there, and […]

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Lenten Intentions: Believing God

By on Thursday, March 30th, 2017 | No Comments

Believing God Below is the video and manuscript for week #2 of the sermon series “Lenten Intentions” preached at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. Scripture Lesson: John 3:1-17   Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, […]

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Lenten Intentions: Renouncinig Evil

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Lenten Intentions:  Renouncing Evil Below is the video and manuscript for the First Sunday of Lent at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. Matthew 4:1-11a (NIV) Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. The tempter came to […]

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God So Loved The World

By on Tuesday, March 7th, 2017 | No Comments

John 3:16 contains the most revolutionary words in theology. “God so LOVES the world…” No ifs, ands, or buts about it. God LOVES you. To put in the words of “The Shack” – “God is especially fond of you. Many people simply do not believe God is actually THAT GOOD. There must be a caveat, […]

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