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Weekend Headlines and Links

News Headlines Egyptian Coptics Attacked, Dozens Slightly Injured – CNN St. Paul’s Still Suffering Huge Losses Because of Protest Camp – Telegraph Church Leaders Urge Scottish Government Not to Redefine Marriage – Christian Today Queen Celebrates Anniversary of King James Bible, 1611 Translation is ‘DNA’ of English Language – Christian Post Tea Party, Occupy Movements […]

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5 Things Your Church Must Do at Christmas

A Road Retraveled set up by the Basilica of St Francis by Eusebius at Commons by Mark Gstohl by cmatulewicz by Liverpool Design Festival Earlier this week, someone asked us to list five things that churches really need to do at Christmas. The Ministry Matters team brainstormed the question and came up with the following […]

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Traveling First Class

I read an interesting bit of information recently that reminded me of certain attitudes and habits among us that need to be challenged by the vision of reality that Jesus came into the world to embody. The information comes by way of famed preacher John Claypool and harkens back to a time when the stagecoach […]

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Jesus Came Back On May 21st – I Saw Him

Yesterday the Patterson Avenue Baptist Church conducted a “free swap marketing” at our location. The idea came to us from an initiative from Imago Dei, a young/missional congregation who shares space with us in the Patterson Ave Baptist building.  It was their idea and our joy to partner with them. A “free swap market” is exactly how […]

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What Does It Mean To Be Missional?

Do you remember that fellow who was possessed by demons?  He was called “legion.”  (You can read about him here: Luke 8:26-39).  I think I met him what i was a kid! When I was growing up down in Florida, there was a man living a block over from us that everyone in the neighborhood […]

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Dusty Discipleship (Audio and Text)

Matthew 4:12-23 – Third Sunday After Epiphany, January 23, 2011 Also available for download & streaming audio at http://www.pattersonavenuebaptist.com Listen right now when you click here: dustydisciples  You can also read a rough-draft manuscript located blow. Dusty Discipleship The maintenance company that takes care of our heating and air-conditioning unit just gave our system a […]

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Is Grace Enough

Read: Luke 17:5-6 It was a long time ago (a very long time ago, in fact).  Still the words have stayed with me for more than a quarter-century! I was eating dinner with Dr. Don Musser, my favorite professor in college.  Later than evening Dr. Musser would be preaching my ordination sermon at the First Baptist Church of […]

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