‘Why Jesus? And why NOT the teaching Jesus’ – A good class for family, or for friends…even Baptist/Calvinists and non-denominational types who are ascending the ladder…

Noah tried to tell them... by Waiting For The Word

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden by fotofacade

Also, it’s very good for Catholics, Lutherans, Methodists, Pentecostals, and Episcopalians…and anyone else who might get the urge to take matters into their own hands and rise above their created status.

   “Why Jesus?” Using Romans and the Old Testament, Pastor Marks unpacks some of the intricacies in familiar stories of the Bible.

Well worth a listen, and forwarding on to folks who may not have heard these perspectives before.

 

 

 

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click here > Why Jesus and why not the teaching Jesus?

 

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Thanks Pastor Mark, and thanks to flickr and fotofacade and Waiting for the Word, for the photos.

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Jesus did not come to be our life coach

thomastornado20 by crgazetteDid Jesus come to whip us into shape?

Did Jesus come that we could be winners in this world?

Did Jesus come to tune us up, and make us better?

 

 

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   click here > Jesus did not come to be our life coach

 

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Thanks Pastor Mark.
Thanks to flickr and crgazette, for the photo.
 
 
 
 
 
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A great Advent quote from Bonhoeffer

 Bonhoeffer by deponePastor Mark’s midweek Advent sermon. It’s fairly short (under 12 min.), but a good counter to the hustle and bustle that often takes over our lives.

 

 

 

click here > Midweek Advent Sermon #1

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and depone, for the photo.
 
 
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Happy Christian New Year!

1. Advent by Silandi

Yes, Sunday was the beginning of the Church year and the start of the Advent season in which we  look forward to and prepare for the coming of our Lord.

Pastor Mark’s sermon is about doing just that.

 

 

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click here > Happy Christian New Year!

 

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

Thanks also to flickr and Silandi, for the photo.

 

 

 

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“The last judgement has already been held for you”

Christ Pantocrator Sinai

Really?     How so?

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Then what is the Christian life all about?

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 click here > The last judement has already been held for you

 

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Thank you, Pastor Mark, for your Christ the King sermon for Sunday, Nov. 20th, 2011.
And thanks to www.archomaha.com, for the photo.
 
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Where is God amidst all the pain and suffering of life?

Lonely Girl by trini_naenae

This is the last in a three part class about how to speak to people who wonder where God is when life isn’t working.

 

Join Pastor Mark and some of the members of our congregation as we discuss this very important topic.

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click here >  Where is God when life isn’t working

 

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and trini_naenae, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

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This one bears repeating

Examine yourself.      The Publican and the Sinner by Lawrence OP

Are you doing enough?

And…is it for the right motives?

Are you sure?

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click here > Are You Doing Enough?

 

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
Thanks flickr and Lawrence OP, for the photo.
 
 
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Easter Services in the Graveyard

 Keltic in front of.... by zilverbat.

A good place for Easter Sunday services?

 

 

 

 

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 click here > All Saints Day Sermon

 

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and zilverbat, for the photo.

 

 

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Making the unlovely, lovely

Hamburg, Petrikirche, altar, wing, detail by groenling

Sermon for the 19th Sunday after Pentecost:

 

 

 

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click here > Making the unlovely, lovely

 

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Thanks Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and groenling, for the photo.

 

 

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The Faith Toolbox series

toolbox2 by memphisslim

Here’s the last class on a ‘Lutheran Piety’ from this past Sunday:

 

 

 

 

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click here > Lutheran Piety – class #3

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Pastor Mark gives an overview and wraps things up very nicely.

This is probably the closest Pastor Mark will ever come to a ‘how-to’ talk about the Christian faith.

There’s some good comments from some of the folks in the class explaining how this Lutheran view of the Christian faith was inside of them all along…even while members of another Christian denomination.

 

It’s a very good class.

 

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and memphisslim, for the photo.

 

 

 

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