How can you know if someone has faith? Or if you have it?

Question Mark

 

This is part 1 of Pastor Mark’s class from Sept.1, 2013.

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Well worth a listen if you can spare the 30 min. (even if you can’t spare it … especially if you can’t spare it)

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click >  How do you know faith is real?  (part 1)

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and Doug Caldwell, for the photo.

 

 

 

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If you ever see ads on my blog, it is because WordPress put them there. I have nothing to do with it and wish they would not do it. 

The ads are not visible to me, but only to some visitors.

I’m sorry for any distraction.

Thank you.

– Steve (the Old Adam)

 

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“Whoever does not hate his family cannot be my disciple.”

Really?

Well…sort of. Pastor Mark unpacks this hard saying of Jesus;

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 Listen to > “Whoever does not hate his family…”

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When an infant of a believer dies before it can be baptized.

Baptized (276 of 365)

 

This is the wrap up to the pastor’s class that Pastor Mark gave not very long ago.

Someone asked about the baby of a believer that dies before it was baptized:

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  click > A baby dies before it can be baptized

          (about 5 min.)

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and rimblas, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“When Holiness and sin collide”

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   * Pastor’s class 8-25-13 (part 2)

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 Listen > When Holiness and sin collide  (about 20 min.)

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and Livingstudios, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Front row seats…on earth, and in Heaven.

Get your spot right up front. And be somebody. Or not?

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listen to > Front Row Seats

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and DJSEA, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

“When it comes to God, nothing is in our hands”

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A portion of Pastor Mark’s class this past Sunday. He dealt with “free-will”, faith, and manipulating God to fit in with how “we do things”, down here.

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– – –17 min.

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…or the downloadable file:

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click > Pastor’s class 8-25-13

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr, and zenitmanaic, for the photo.

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“You are not people of the law”

But the Scriptures say this and that about the law (‘what we must do’).

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Yes…but what else do they say? And what about the New Covenant?

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If you ever get any twinges of legalism, you need to listen to this:

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  Listen > You are not people of the law

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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Can anyone get the gospel right?

A quick hitter. Under 3 minutes. 

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What does God want from you?

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And what does God give to you at times of loss in your life?

 

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and kasiastock, for the photo.

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Baptism and “Free-Will”

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Pastor Mark teaches on the sacramentarian view, the sacramental view, and the symbolic view of Baptism.

“Free-will”, also enters into the class.

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 click  

https://theoldadam.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/baptism-free-will-and-other-good-stuff.mp3

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We’ve put this one up before, but there are some new folks to the blog and this one should not be missed.

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Thanks again, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and St._Matts, for the photo.

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