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This one’s for you.

Posted on March 31, 2011 by theoldadam

Subject: Last night’s sermon

Format: mp3 audio

Length: 15 minutes, 58 seconds

Place of origin: USA, Corona del Mar, CA

Topic: The spirituality of spearfishing for Tiger sharks on the Zimbabwe Estuary …(right )

click here > ‘This one’s for you‘

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Seriously now. It’s about the elder son in the parable of the Prodigal Son, and how the story relates to us and how we ought view God, and more importantly…how God views us.

Thanks to flickr and SCUBAZOO for the photo

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Here’s Pastor Mark’s class that goes along with the last post…

Posted on March 29, 2011 by theoldadam

Click here for mp3 audio > The Word Alone

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Can you choose God, and choose not to sin?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by theoldadam

If you think so, then you really should invest less than an hour to hear a very good argument opposed to that notion.

click here > So, you have a free will to choose God, do you?

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Thanks to flickr and {andreajohnson} for the photo.

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Did the Bible drop out of Heaven with a bow tied around it?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by theoldadam

Or did someone stumble upon it out in a field somewhere the way Joseph Smith (supposedly) found those golden plates?

No…actually there was a process involving a lot of players.

Here’s a primer, and a quick overview of how the Christian Bible came to be, and some of the different ways Christians view the Bible.

click here > How the Bible came to be

There are a couple of gaps or quick dead spots on the audio, but hang in for the whole class…it’s worth it.

As always, your comments or questions are welcome.

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Thanks to flickr and noshoes for the photo.

The Bible pictured above is thought to be the actual Bible that St. Paul used in his ministry. 🙂 .

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Shedding your sins

Posted on March 24, 2011 by theoldadam

How are you doing in that department?

I’m not doing so well. I never have done so well at it. In fact, the longer I am in Christ, the more I realize just what an impossibility it is for me to shed my sins. But the longer I’m in Christ the more I realize that someone took all my sins upon Himself, that they might no longer condemn me.

And that, my friends, is what they call, ‘the good news’.

This evening’s sermon was along those lines.

click here > Working on your sins

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Thanks to flickr and MarkAndMarina for the photo

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Take the Blinders Off!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by theoldadam

Got a rosey picture for the world and how it’s progressing? Got a rosey picture of how it will all end up for yourself?

Everything is progressing quite nicely, is it? Hmmm…

Here’s the truth about it…

click here > The Truth about You, and Me, and the World

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You are all are invited to Lenten services tonight at 7pm. 2900 Pacific View Dr., Corona del Mar, CA 92625

This year’s theme is ‘Breaking free of Religion’

From 6pm – 7pm is a soup dinner, then worship, then pastor’s class. Come for all, or part of the evening.

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Thanks to flickr and Geekgirly for the photo.

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‘The Baptism of Jesus’

Posted on March 21, 2011 by theoldadam

This was not the sermon for the 2nd Sunday in Lent 2011, but it is a Lenten sermon about Holy Baptism. Yes, “Holy Baptism”. Baptism is an act that God performs for us, so it is set apart for God’s special purpose, which more than qualifies it to be “Holy”.

Yesterday while driving to church, my wife and I were listening to a radio preacher who has a program called ‘The Jesus Christ Show’, where he speaks and takes caller’s questions as though he were the person of Jesus Christ. He says things like this, “I walked on the water in order to…” Anyway, a caller called in to ask about baptism, infant baptism, etc., and this radio preacher proceeded to demolish baptism as an act of God and made the thing into into an act of faith on the part of believer. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. This heretic radio preacher proceeded to rob the assurance, that God wants His children to have, right from under them. It was sickening. But hey, that’s what Southern Baptist (non-denominational) preachers do, they turn the whole thing (Christian faith) into a spiritual ladder climbing project that focuses on ‘your faith’, ‘your seriousness’, ‘your feelings’, ‘your whatevers’. It always ends up that way.

Here’s a sermon that explains Holy Baptism:

click here > The Baptism of Jesus

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For those of you expecting to hear yesterday’s sermon, the master (CD) was inadvertantly taken home by a parishoner. Once I get it back, I’ll put it up for you.

If anyone wants to defend heretical forms of baptism such as “believer’s baptism”, feel free to chime in. We may not love heresies, but we love heretics, and we’re always happy to fill you in on what the Bible has to say about these bones of contention that we have together.

And we are not afraid to do a little theology in order to make the Bible more clear in bringing forth Christ and His great love for sinners.

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Thanks to flickr and Travis S. for the photo.

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What is it that stands between you and God?

Posted on March 19, 2011 by theoldadam

Here’s a Lenten message delivered by Pastor Mark. The first few seconds were cut off, due to my ineptness on the sound board. The sermon opens with a passage from an accounting of events from WWII by German pastor and theologian Helmut Thielicke.

There’s a very tough word of law here. But a soft and gentle and easy word of grace that wipes away every tear, at the end.

Enjoy.

click here >What is it that stands between you and God ?

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Thanks to flickr and Lawrence OP for the photo.

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Last night’s class

Posted on March 17, 2011 by theoldadam

It ‘s on the Lutheran difference in the understanding of the ‘external Word’.

It’s about an hour, and it’s a good one. I usually listen while I am working on the computer, but you can download into an mp3 player.

(I have no idea what I am talking about)

Listen here > Wed. night class in Lent

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Differing views of the Christian Life

Posted on March 15, 2011 by theoldadam

Well, back to bits and slices of the theological pie.

Enjoy a slice or two. Most are short and sweet and easy to digest. The biggest is Slice #1 at 18 min, but most of the rest are just a few minutes long. Some really good stuff here. If you are not fully satisfied, see the baker for a full refund.

The whole pie is at the bottom of the page for those with the time and hunger for the whole shabang.

Enjoy!

Slice #1 Slice #8

Slice #2 Slice #9

Slice #3 Slice #10

Slice #4 Slice #11

Slice #5 Slice #12

Slice #6 Slice #13

Slice #7 Slice #14

And the whole pie Differing views of the Christian Life – the whole pie

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Thanks to flickr and Urban Sea Star for the photo.