A different take on Baptism (other than the symbolic view and the sacramentarian view)

Posted on August 18, 2011 by theoldadam

Full Lecture Hall by Thomas Conner

Class is in session.

 

You’re probably going to hear some things you’ve never heard before about the Christian faith in this mp3 audio.

 

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It’s not important that you agree with them. Only that you hear them.

 

 

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Click here > Baptism, “free will”, and other stuff

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Many of you have already listened to this before. So have I…a few times. But it doesn’t hurt to hear it again.

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

Thanks to flickr and Thomas Connor, for the photo.

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Cultivating your ‘spirituality’

Posted on August 17, 2011 by theoldadam

4 Minutes After Daylight [on her way]

Is the Christian life an adventure in ‘spirituality’?  Should it be?  Or should we leave the things of the Spirit up to God and concentrate on being human?  

Give a listen to this sermon by Pastor Mark.

If you can’t spend the whole 20 minutes, the first 30 seconds is worth it for a good laugh.

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click here> Becoming more spiritual 

 

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 This is an oldie but goodie that I thought you might enjoy listening to again.

Not that your enjoyment is the goal of a sermon.

But Someone is after you to kill you (that Old Adam or Eve ), so that he can raise you again.

I think that is something that He enjoys!

 

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Discussion of James Nestingen’s article

Posted on August 10, 2011 by theoldadam

Pastor Mark’s class this week deals with an article titled ‘Scriptural Authority and the Lutheran Confessions’  by James Nestingen. It’s found in a book put out by the Word Alone folks titled ‘By What Authority?’ 

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It’s a very interesting class.   And it may ruffle a few feathers.  I don’t think anyone gets away unscathed in this one.

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We never shy away of feather ruffling if it is to promote Christ and His gospel for the forgiveness of sins.

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Listen in and feel free to comment pro or con or indifferent.

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click here > Scriptural Authority and the Lutheran Confessions

 

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Thanks to Jim Nestingen, Word Alone, and Pastor Mark.

Thanks to facebook for the photo of Jim.…

 

 

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If you could just be a little more faithful, a little more serious, God will take away those rough spots in life

Posted on August 8, 2011 by theoldadam

 

You can do it. Become more earnest. Understand the Scriptures better. Try harder.

God wants this for you so He will unleash His blessings for you.

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Here’s Pastor Mark’s sermon for the 8th Sunday after Pentecost :

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____click here > ‘The Real Truth of the Matter‘

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
 
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‘Struggling with God’

Posted on August 1, 2011 by theoldadam

Jacob Wrestling with God by Alain Austria

Got it all figured out? Resolved all the tensions in life and in your relationship with the Living God?

Do you want to hear the seven surefire steps you can take to resolve all the tensions and get your Christian life running on all cylinders?

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#1 (you know Pastor Mark better than that  :D)

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click here > Struggling with God 

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 Thanks, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and Alain Austria, for the photo.

 

 

 

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The Treasure in the Field

Posted on July 25, 2011 by theoldadam

Treasure chest by Dominik Gruszczyk

Here’s Pastor Mark’s sermon for the 6th Sunday after Pentecost. Or is it the 7th?

Anywho, I hope this does something to you (I hope it does something to me):

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click here >What is it that you would do almost anything to get?

 

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 Thanks, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and Dominik Gruszczyk, for the photo.

 

 

 

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How does God work in the Sacraments? Through ordinary means….WHAT!?

Posted on July 18, 2011 by theoldadam

0112 by artusk

I’ve mentioned this Lutheran principle many times in the last several days. Pastor Mark unpacks this idea as he reads from and expounds on the late Dr. George Forell’s piece titled, “Why Bother with Lutherans?”

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 Listen to 5 minutes of this one:

click here>The finite contains the infinite 

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

Thanks to flickr and artusk, for the photo.

(notice the halo around the pastor’s head and the glowing water that has never before been on earth)

 

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If I could pick a Bible with a perfect, inerrant text, or a Bible that was both a product of man and God, and all that that entails…I would pick the Bible that is a product of both God and the ordinary. Does not God come to us through ordinary means that he attaches His Word to? Isn’t that the Lutheranism, the Christianity that walks by faith? Is that NOT how God works through His preachers and His Sacraments?

I’d rather be a Lutheran than a Southern Baptist/Calvinist/Pentecostal/Evangelical/Non-Denom.,  anyday.

Are not those poor folks constantly looking for proof, over and above walking by faith? Those folks NEED inerrant texts. We do not. We have the Word…Christ alone…and that is enough.   That is enough.

I think it was Luther who said if he saw a vision of Jesus Christ he would tell Him to get lost.

 

At least listen to the first 5 minutes of the class, above. Whether you agree or disagree…you will have a better of understanding of why we believe as we do.

 

Thanks.

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“Why even bother with Lutherans?” part two

Posted on July 13, 2011 by theoldadam

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Luther damaging the Wittenberg church door by Boldewyn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s the second half of the mp3 audio:

 

click hereWhy bother with Lutherans class part 2

 

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 Thanks to flickr and Boldewyn, for the photo.

 

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“Why even bother with Lutherans?”

Posted on July 11, 2011 by theoldadam

  Square Peg in a Round Hole by danstorey14

 

 

 

 

 

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This is part one (to be continued):

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click here > A Different Christian Paradigm

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A portion of Pastor Mark Anderson’s class from Sunday July 11th, 2011 at Lutheran Chruch of the Master, Corona del Mar, CA.

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

Thanks to the late Dr. George Forell who went to be with the Lord this past April.

And thanks to flickr and danstorey14, for the photo.

 

 

 

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My yoke is easy, My burden is light…

Posted on July 5, 2011 by theoldadam

The Good Shepherd 96 C Bosseron Chambers by Waiting For The Word

Here’s Pastor Mark’s message for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost.

 

 

 

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click here > My Yoke is Easy, My Burden is Light

 

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and Waiting for the Word, for the photo.

 

 

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