Posted on March 13, 2012 by theoldadam
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Understanding the importance of the external Word is not just important…it is VERY IMPORTANT in understanding how the gospel is best appropriated so that the sinner (you and I) might have the assurance of our salvation.
Jesus thought it so important that he commanded these external means of grace for us, so that we would not be left unto ourselves and our own feelings, or our own whatevers of being saved.
The Word of God ONLY comes to us ‘externally’. So it’s a good thing that we understand how to appropriate it in the way that it is given.
There are a couple of related topics (it’s all related) discussed in this fairly short class on ‘the external Word’, so tune in and enjoy the fun. It may be fun…but it’s serious fun:
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Thanks for teaching this class, Pastor Mark.
Thanks to all the participants in the class. And thank you, dear Old Adam visitor, for stopping by and passing along what you think might be helpful to someone else.
And thanks to flickr and jwinterscom, for the photo.
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If you don’t have 30 minutes to listen to the class today, then take 1 minute and go read this daily devotional:
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Posted on March 7, 2012 by theoldadam
This is a worthwhile listen with a lot of theological and historical information on the Lutheran understanding of ‘The Word…alone’.
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If anyone can correctly identify the Roman Catholic Cardinal that Luther goes over the book of Romans with (mentioned by Pastor Mark in the class), they will win a free lunch with me (oh goodie)..on the pier at the Fisherman restaurant in San Clemente, CA. (whenever you are in town). No foolin’.
You must spell his name correctly in your answer (as if I know how to spell it, myself).
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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flicker and johntestsgo, and arthistory390, for the photos.
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Posted on February 26, 2012 by theoldadam
Quite an interesting and informative class on how differing Christian traditions view ‘faith’.
In this class, Pastor Mark is focusing mostly on the differences between the Lutheran understanding, and the Roman Catholic understanding.
click here The understanding of ‘faith’ differs for Lutherans and Catholics>>
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Thanks to Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and Sobibor, and ff137, for the photos.
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Posted on February 22, 2012 by theoldadam
If you haven’t listened to part 1 of this class (the previous post), you probably should do that first, then this part will make more sense to you.
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Once again, our thanks to Pastor Mark Anderson. Thanks also to the participants in the class. And thanks to flickr and francinelenet77, for the photo.
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Posted on February 21, 2012 by theoldadam
St. Paul. Origen. Augustine. Luther. How to find a God of grace and mercy? Reading St. Paul through a legal scheme, and why most churches today still do that.
This is one class that you should listen to, if at all possible.
Whether you agree with everything in it is not the point. But that you’ll have a greater understanding of why we believe as we do and why we hold to the pure gospel as God’s will for sinners, apart from anything that we do.
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click below
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Thanks for the class, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and normafincher, for the photo.
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Posted on February 17, 2012 by theoldadam
This one is under 10 minutes. It’s a portion of the class on Galatians, but can stand on it’s own, as you will hear:
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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and interchangeableparts, for the photo.
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Posted on January 18, 2012 by theoldadam
Pastor Mark fields questions from the class on the ‘God hates religion’ video that has been widely circulated as of late. The Creeds – why we use them and which ones? The lessons read in the worship service – how is it decided which ones will be used? And some related issues.
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Enjoy:
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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and kk+, for the photo. (not taken at class)
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Posted on January 10, 2012 by theoldadam
Sorry…that seat is reserved for me.
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Don’t miss out on all the wild antics of Pastor Mark Anderson’s class, and find out what other interesting offshoots come to light from the question, “Does Baptism save?”… such as, “free-will”, ‘idolatry’, ‘blasphemy’, ‘election’, ‘Christian freedom’, ‘predestination’, and one of our all time favorites…’assurance’.
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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and Candi_N, for the photo.
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Posted on December 30, 2011 by theoldadam
This class is on ‘ The Lutheran Difference’. Pastor Mark is teaching from and expounding on a piece written by the late Dr. George Forell.
Dr. Forell maintained that there were three main differences that distinguished Lutherans from almost all other Christian denominations.
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Listen in to hear what these 3 differences are:
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Dr. Forell just recently went to be with the Lord, April 29th, 2011.
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Thanks to flickr and elcaarchives, for the photo.
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Posted on December 21, 2011 by theoldadam
Even some of the Lutherans in the class had a bit of trouble with this one.
A couple of times during the class Pastor Mark asked the question, “You still want to be a Lutheran?”
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Thanks for the class, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and Michelle.oliveira82, for the photo.
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