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PARTY (sermon for Lent 4 – 2013) Video and Manuscript

This is the posting of the sermon preached on 3/9/2013 at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. Typically the “Story of the Prodigal” refers to the younger son from Luke 15 – the boy who ran away to a far country to waste his life and resources in lavish, excessive, and extravagant living.  This sermon contends […]

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Shelter (Video Sermon)

If you want to come in, out of the cold… If you want to come into the protection of intimate love… If you want to experience the reality of God’s mercy… If you want to celebrate the good news that you are forgiven… If you want to find a resting place for your faith… If […]

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Next Person In Line, Please (Video and Manuscript Sermon)

The sermon for this post was preached at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church on January 13, 2012.  The sermon is titled: “Next Person In Line, Please.” You can watch the 21 minute video of the sermon “Next Person In Line, Please” when you click this hyperline now… …or you can read the manuscript of the message […]

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God is a Gift – Doug Reed (Book Review)

For the last twenty-seven years, Doug Reed has been the pastor of the Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Spring, Arkansas.   If you get a chance, visit the congregation’s website and see the beauty of the chapel’s structure and surrounding.  In addition to being a pastor, Reed has also been the editor of Thorncrown Press for the […]

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Recent Sermons at Patterson Avenue Baptist

This page contaings links to watch the three recent sermons preached at the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church. Sermon # 1 was preached on November 11, 2012 by myself (Bill Nieporte).  The titled for the sermons is “How Much More.” Jesus refers the love human parents have for their children. We know not to give a scorpion […]

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Protected: Real Life

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Hell No! (?) Julie’s new book? Heck yes!,

At first, I wasn’t interested in reading “Raising Hell: Christianity’s Most Controversial Doctrine Put Under Fire.” “Just another book debunking hell,” I thought to myself. “Or just another book seeking to rediscover what the Bible actually says about hell.” In any event, I had read and reviewed other books about hell – from both famous […]

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End of the World, Again…

I  find it incredible how some preachers manage to distort the Gospel. The word Gospel means ”Good News” and good news is supposed to make you feel better. But  the way some preachers explain the Gospel can leave you feeling hopeless and  lost. Fear  is, of course, a motivator, and it’s possible to manipulate scripture […]

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The Spirit of Truth

Holy Spirit The night Jesus was arrested, one of the things he talked about with his disciples was the Holy Spirit. He referred to the Holy Spirit with a word that was translated into Greek as parakletos, a word that conveyed the sense of “advocate,” “friend” or “supporter.” Parakletos was the word used for a person who would stand beside […]

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Self Portrait of God

God What might be a self-portrait of Rembrandt has been discovered hidden under another one of the Dutch master’s paintings. By using advanced scanning techniques, scientists investigated a Rembrandt painting titled “Old Man with a Beard” and much to their surprise, the scan revealed that another painting was underneath–one that might well be an early, unfinished […]

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