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Posts Tagged Jesus


Dealing With Sin(S)

The work of Christ  was aimed toward humankinds universal brokenness…not simply toward some laundry list of “sinS” that usually includes everything we don’t do (or hide the fact that we do). The cross aims toward our “SIN” (no ‘S’ at the end of the word). Those who make is a laundry list of “sinS” ARE (biblically) redefining […]

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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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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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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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Repent (Video and Manuscript, Lent 3) of Sermon Based on Luke 13:1-9

The video below is the sermon for the third Sunday of Lent (March 3rd, 2013) based on Luke 13:1-9, preached at http://www.pattersonavenuebaptist.com, in Richmond, Virginia.   Just below the video, you will also find the text for the sermon (and below that, a resource that might help you explore the sermon topic in greater depth and detail. […]

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The Mediation of Christ – T.F. Torrence

“God love you so utterly and completely that He has given Himself for you in Jesus Christ His beloved Son and thereby has pledged His very being as God for your salvation . . . He has bound you to Himself by His love in a way that He will never let you go, for […]

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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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Wilderness! (Video Sermon) First Sunday of Lent, 2013

Wilderness! (Video Sermon) First Sunday of Lent, 2013 Some traditions refer to the “First Sunday of Lent” as **satan Sunday** because the lectionary gospel lessons each year contain the story of Jesus temptation by “the devil!” So, we could talk about the nature of temptation – which is sort of like a identity crisis. The […]

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Cleaning Your Nets (Video Sermon)

Cleaning Your Nets Jesus comes to that place where people like you and I come face-to-face with the limits of our humanity.  It’s that place where we want to give up, give in, submit, surrender, and throw in the towel. When Jesus comes to this place, he does not offer us a challenge to change, […]

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Not Enough Booze

Have you ever attended a party where they ran out of booze? Jesus did!  He attended a wedding feast in Cana where there was “not enough booze” The keg was tapped out, the open bar became a closed bar, the rum bottles ran dry – there was not enough booze. It was a major foax […]

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