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Archive for the Who Is Jesus? Category


The Implications of the Ascension on the Christian Life and Mission of the Church – Video Sermon

This sermon was preached on May 12, 2013 at The Patterson Avenue Baptist Church What does Jesus Ascension mean” What are the implications of Jesus Ascension for the Christian’s life? What are the implications of the Ascension of Christ for the mission and witness of the church? That’s what this sermons aims to address! Jesus […]

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The Coach – Video and Manuscript for Sermon Based on John 5:1-9

Below is the sermon based on John 5:1-9, preached at Patterson Avenue Baptist Church on Sunday, May 5, 2013, but Dr, Bill Nieporte.  I owe appreciation to an article by Len Sweet and a sermon by Dennis Atwood for some of the themes included in the sermon (both are quoted in the sermon).  Additionally, I […]

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Daddy Issues

Everyone has “issues.” The source for our particular “issue” is unique to each of us. It might be your…Parents…Culture…Emotional Wounds…Traumatic Events… Experiences…Circumstances…Rejection…Circumstances of Abuse…Times of Neglect. We all have “issues.” Peter had issues…even after Easter.  Read John 21 to see what I mean. Jesus worked through those issues with Peter.  He does the same with us.  […]

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Laughter – Easter Sermon 2013

  The manuscript below is incomplete and does not follow the video’s structure and conclusion.  If you have the time, please watch the video.  It’s just about 20 minutes long.   Laughter – Luke 24:1-12 Martin Luther once said that after music and scripture, the one thing the devil hates most is laughter.  Perhaps in […]

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The Crucifixion – did God die?! (Robert Jenson’s thoughts)

The Crucifixion – did God die?! (Thoughts from Robert Jenson-via Andre Rabe) “That we see God in sufferings and the cross would never be guessed from them. Of possible attributes that are not good in this world, we will discuss the most offensive and decisive: God is mortal. God has in fact suffered death and […]

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Jesus is God, the Eternal Son of the Father – and he died

Jesus is the Revelation of God and that He is both fully God and fully human. He is not half of each, but ALL of both. This is a part of what we mean when we speak of the doctrine of the Incarnation.   Jesus is a Human being with two natures and yet without distinction […]

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There are no degrees of Deity in the Holy Trinity

“Of far reaching importance is the stress laid on the Monarchy of the Godhead in which all three divine Persons of the share, for the whole indivisible Being of God belongs to each of them as it belongs to them together. This is reinforced by the unique conception of the co-inherent or perichoretic relations between […]

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Extravangance – Video and Manuscript Sermon for 3/17/2013

Below is the video and manuscript sermon for 3/16/2013 based on John 12:1-11, preached at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia.   Extravagance – John 12:1-11 It  was just like any another meal.  Probably nobody would have remembered it at all, if it have not been for Mary’s spontaneous and extravagant gift. The […]

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Rightly Dividing The Word – Trinitarian Theology

There are lots of conversation around scriptural interpretation that “start” or “end” with the statement “rightly dividing the word of truth.”  In other words, you need to interpret it correctly.  Typically (not always) those who yell that statement the loudest are those most likely guilty of NOT “rightly dividing” the scripture.  Rather they are allowing […]

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Ignatius and the Doctrine of the Trinity

Here us yet another Church Father, writing on the heels of Apostles, illustrating clearly that the doctrine of the Trinity clearly a part of the Apostle’s Doctrine and Teaching, to which the church devoted itself to teach and preach.  It is only in response to the heresies (like opposition to the Trinity) that the later […]

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