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Pentecost – After The Transition

The sermon below was preached on June 8, 2014, by Dr. Bill Nieporte, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, VA.  You can watch the video and/or read the manuscript below. Whenever you visit a blog, be kind to the blog publisher.  If you find a post helpful, inspirational, or even a bit controversial, PLEASE SHARE […]

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Work In Progress (Video/Text) by Rev. Natalie Kline

Work in Progress I Corinthians 3:1-9 – Epiphany 6, Year A Patterson Avenue Baptist Church, February 16, 2014 The Reverend Natalie Kline The manuscript follows this video (which includes an introduction by my wife and her leading the congregational prayer – I would have edited down just to Natalie’s sermon, BUT I have to live […]

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Does God Carry A Purse?

Our weekly worship gathering at  http://www.pattersonavenuebaptist.com was cancelled due to ice and freezing rain.  So I have dug up a couple of old sermon files based on the text for the day (Matthew 3:1-12).  I’ll be publishing them on the blog this week – starting with this post, titled:  “Does God Carry a Purse” (with gratitude […]

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Let Them Get What They Want For Christmas

Every other year, the Christmas gifts under the tree in our home are limited.  We do everything possible to avoid the crowded stores, the hectic traffic, and the rude shoppers climbing over everyone and everything in site to buy that last gadget or gizmo that will probably break a few days after it is unwrapped.  It’s […]

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If There Is “No More Bacon,” How Can They Call It Heaven?

Frank Viola shared this recently, suggesting I’d never look at breakfast the same.  He was right! What I wonder is how it can be heaven if there is no more bacon.  I love bacon!   God’s Favorite Place on Earth by: Frank Viola publisher: David C. Cook, published: 2013-05-01 ASIN: 0781405904 EAN: 9780781405904 sales rank: […]

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Thomas Merton On Stuff

 If what most people take for granted were really true — if all you needed to be happy was to grab everything and see everything and investigate every experience and then talk about it — I should have been a very happy person, a spiritual millionaire, from the cradle even until now … What a […]

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Grace to ALL

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 […]

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The Wicked Servant, Luke 16:1-13, Video Sermon

This sermon was preached on September 22, 2013, at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. The Parable of the Wicked Steward, Luke 16:1-13  The scripture text is as follows Jesus told his disciples: “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. So he called him in and asked him, ‘What is […]

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Fred Craddock On Eating Soup That Tastes Like Bread And Wine

A few years back, Fred Craddock was invited to lead some kind of preaching mission in Winnipeg (Friday night … Saturday morning … Saturday evening … twice on Sunday … you know the drill). When he finished Friday night, he noticed that it was spitting snow. His host told him not to worry, given that […]

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Teach Us To Pray

  This sermon is from July 28, 2013, preached at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church.     Lord, Teach Us To Pray by: Andrew Murray publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, published: 2012-06-14 ASIN: 147766355X EAN: 9781477663554 sales rank: 317898 price: $3.40 (new), $14.00 (used) There are no shortcuts to Spiritual Power other than through PRAYER. […]

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