Leaves of Grace
Rev. Beth Braxton

Beth Braxton
August 30, 2009

James 1:  17–27
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Introduction to the scripture:
 
The book of James is known as a book of moral exhortations, the five chapters are a moral discourse for the early Christian community. Out of 108 verses in this small book of the Bible, there are 59 imperatives. These are noted as the moral imperatives of […]

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Beth Braxton
June 14, 2009
Job 12:7-10
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Yes, the earth’s is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof and the world and those who dwell therein! We are all connected on this planet earth like one big spider web.   And we are consumers, natural consumers, that is, we consume plants and animals to live - for our  nourishment; we […]

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Beth Braxton
May 31, 2009
Acts 2:  1–21
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INTRO TO SCRIPTURE:
The disciples you will remember were told by Jesus to wait and pray.  But as good Jews, living within twenty miles of Jerusalem, they were bound to attend the Jewish festival of Pentecost. Pentecost means “The fiftieth”, another name was the Feast of Weeks. It was so called […]

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Beth Braxton
May 17, 2009
John 15: 9-17
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I remember the playground recess years when I was 10, 11 years old.  There would be wonderful weather like this in Atlanta and we would choose up sides for a game of softball.  Of course, the two boys who were the best players were captains and then one by one […]

Continue reading “I Chose You” »

Beth Braxton
April 26, 2009
Luke 24:  36b–48
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“You are witnesses of these things,” said Jesus. These things being suffering, resurrection and the power of repentance and forgiveness of sins. To witness is “to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception.” Yes–The disciples–personally experienced with their own lives the power of repentance, forgiveness, and they saw […]

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Beth Braxton
April 12, 2009
Mark 16:  1–8
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Are you afraid?––Afraid to share this God News that Christ is risen? For the past six weeks of Lent, there have been nineteen small groups in our church involved in conversation about prayer and faith sharing through the study of the book, Unbinding Your Heart. Actually the point of the […]

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Preached by Beth Braxton
March 22, 2009
John 4: 7-10; 16-29
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It is Lent, a season of reflection, of walking with Jesus in the wilderness of life.  We are in quit a wilderness – there is anger about AIG’s bonuses of more than $100,000,000. to their executives with tax payers money.  It makes us most angry because we […]

Continue reading “Unbinding Your Heart: Catalytic Conversations” »

Preached by Beth Braxton
March 1, 2009
Acts 9:1-19
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I have always been a bit skeptical and I might say jealous of people who have had a dramatic conversion story.  I have had some fairly dramatic experiences of God’s grace, which I have shared with you through the years, one being the power of prayer when lost in […]

Continue reading “Unbinding Your Heart: The Paul Problem” »

Beth Braxton
February 22, 2009
Genesis 2:4b - 25, Hebrews 11:1f.
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When I was in high school in Atlanta, I had an older  cousin named Mason who I idolized. He was a student at Georgia Tech and drove a convertible, which I loved to ride in!  I’ll never forget the day we were together and he said to […]

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Beth Braxton
January 25, 2009
2 Timothy 3: 10-17; John 1: 1-5,14
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Okay, I confess, I am still high on last Sunday’s worship service honoring Dr. Martin Luther King and high on spending all day in DC at the Inauguration of President Obama.  Hearing Michael read/preach the words of Dr. King’s last sermon “I Have Seen the Promised […]

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