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By on Saturday, July 30th, 2011 | No Comments

Fred Craddock tells the story of his father, who spent years of his life hiding from the God who was seeking him out. “When the pastor used to come from my mother’s church to call on him, my father would say, ‘You don’t care about me.  I know how churches are.  You want another pledge, […]

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Recover The WOW-Factor

By on Thursday, July 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Sherry was an attractive girl – very attractive.  She dressed well, had a great smile, a warm personality, and an infectious giggle.  Her favorite word was WOW!  She could not speak three sentences without inserting that word somewhere in her conversation. I met Sherry in the AGAPE Club – the Christian club that met before […]

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Whooohooo – My Ship Has Finally Come IN

By on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

I got a terrific letter in the mail: “Dear Dr. William M. Nieporte: Results are in and final.  I am proud to announce that you are our newest winner with $10 million dollars.” Well, of course I was excited.  I started to imagine all the things I could do with $10 million dollars.  I thought […]

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The STAIN of Sin VS The CORE of Christianity

By on Friday, July 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Last Saturday I stained my back deck.  In the process, I also stained my sidewalk, the side of the house, and the grass in my backyard.  Oh, the trees in the backyard are all redwood, now – even though God did not bring them into the world as redwoods.  STAIN. That night on Facebook a […]

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C.S. Lewis on “hating the sin and loving the sinner!”

By on Thursday, July 21st, 2011 | No Comments

I remember Christian teachers telling me long ago that I must hate a bad man’s actions but not hate the bad man: or, as they would say, hate the sin but not the sinner. …I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and not hate the […]

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Quick Quote: Christianity is NOT a Moral Code of Conduct according to C.S. Lewis

By on Thursday, July 21st, 2011 | 1 Comment

I think all Christians would agree with me if I said that though Christianity seems at first to be all about morality, all about duties and rules and guilt and virtue, yet it leads you on, out of all that, into something beyond. One has a glimpse of a country where they do not talk […]

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God of “Extravagant Love”

By on Monday, July 11th, 2011 | No Comments

The sermon preached on July 3, 2011 at Patterson Avenue Baptist is available now at the link below. As I prepared this sermon, the thought in the back of my mind was rather odd for a preacher to be thinking about.  The thought was this:  “I can understand atheism.  After all, some of the descriptions of […]

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What Are You Worth?

By on Sunday, July 10th, 2011 | 1 Comment

According to the U.S. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, the typical human body is made up of the following chemicals: • 65% Oxygen • 18% Carbon • 10% Hydrogen • 3% Nitrogen • 1.5% Calcium • 1% Phosphorous • 0.35% Potassium • 0.25% Sulfur • 0.15% Sodium • 0.15% Chlorine • 0.05% Magnesium • 0.0004% […]

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The Menu is Not the Meal

By on Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 | No Comments

This sermon might make you hungry.  Folks who heard it at Patterson Avenue Baptist felt the overwhelming urge to go out (or home) after worship and eat a think, juicy steak.  Let me know if that’s how you feel after you listen is. The Menu is Not the Meal

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Giving Your Best Is Not Enough

By on Tuesday, June 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Read Luke 10:38-42 (NIV) There was a time when almost every child in America had at least three sets of clothing. They had school clothes, play clothes, and church clothes. A child’s church clothing was commonly referred to as their “Sunday best.” Wearing one’s “Sunday best” communicated more than simply a style of worship fashion—it […]

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