A Baptist, a Lutheran, and a Catholic in a bag…(story of the Wise Men)

Posted on January 7, 2013 by theoldadam

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Who can legitimately lay claim to the treasure? Who has the proper pedigree? Who are the ones that truly belong in the Kingdom?

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Listen to Pastor Mark’s sermon for the Epiphany of our Lord Sunday, 2013:

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click > A Baptist, Lutheran and a Catholic in a bag

  (the significance of the “Wise Men” in the Gospel story)

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jesus’ first recorded words in the Gospels

Posted on December 31, 2012 by theoldadam

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They spent 3 days searching for Jesus and then Jesus asks them a question,  “_____________________?”

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Listen in to Pastor Mark’s sermon for the 1st Sunday of Christmas, 2012:

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 click > Jesus’ first recorded words

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and Senex Magister, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Romans 8 and freedom and courage to live in a new way

Posted on December 21, 2012 by theoldadam

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We have been freed from’ the torah’. From the old way of living by the law. Freed that we might have the courage to do what we can do.

Listen in to Pastor Mark’s last midweek Advent sermon for 2012 as he reads from Romans 8 and substitutes the word, ‘torah’, for the word, ‘law’:

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 click> Romans 8 and the freedom to have courage

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and Paul Forsdick, for the photo.

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Using religion to get yourself ‘off the hook’

Posted on December 17, 2012 by theoldadam


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A lot of people use their Baptism as a way to try and get themselves “off the hook”.  But there is something far better that is found in your Baptism…”a new way of living”.

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Listen in to Pastor Mark’s sermon for the 3rd Sunday in Advent:

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click > Using religion to get yourself off the hook

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and ragtime, for the photo.

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“I can’t wait ’till Christmas is over!”

Posted on December 14, 2012 by theoldadam

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With all the hustle and bustle and pressures of the Christmas season, we might want to look at the opportunities that may lie just around the next line for the cashier:

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click > “I can’t wait ’till Christmas is over! “

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Thank you, Pastor Mark for your midweek Advent sermon for 12-12-12.

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And thanks to flickr and Lindsay_NYC, for the photo.

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Do you like the religious/ascendancy project?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by theoldadam

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Many do.

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If you do, there’s probably not a lot to sway you from that course.  At least for the time being.

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But if you see yourself starting to despair a bit because you just can’t quite cut the mustard in keeping up with all that you should be doing, and or you are still doing those things that you know you shouldn’t be doing…or you are starting to notice (in your most honest moments and reflections) that you might be becoming a bit prideful, because you delude yourself into believing that you really aren’t doing so badly at all this ‘Christian progression/self-sanctification’ stuff….then maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

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If you’re in the latter category (see world’s 2nd longest sentence above) then this might mean something to you:

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click > ‘Two HUGE ISSUES in a proper understanding of the Christian faith‘

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and chawayipiran, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“Now Thank We All Our God”

Posted on November 22, 2012 by theoldadam

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Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,

who wondrous things hath done, in whom his world rejoices;

who from our mother’s arms hath blessed us on our way

with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.

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O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,

with ever-joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us;

and keep us in his grace, and guide us when perplexed,

and free us from all ills in this world and the next.

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All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given,

the Son, and Holy Ghost, supreme in highest heaven,

the one eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore;

for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.                   

   

                                  – Martin Rinckart        

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Thanksgiving Eve sermon by Pastor Mark:

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     click >   ‘How could Martin Rinckart write that hymn?’

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Wishing you all a blessed Thanksgiving.

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“Destroy this Temple and I will raise it again in three days.”

Posted on November 19, 2012 by theoldadam

Impressed with all the great things that man can do?

Some of it is pretty impressive. But none of it will last.

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Listen to > “Destroy this Temple and I will raise it up again in three days.”

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flicker and isawnyu, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Sacrament IS the Gospel.

Posted on October 22, 2012 by theoldadam

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Why we believe this is so, and why we believe that  the “enthusiasts” (those who say it’s merely a symbol) are wrong.

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Listen to > The bread and the wine ARE the Gospel

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and latteontheroad, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Posted on October 15, 2012 by theoldadam

This is really THE QUESTION… isn’t it?

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This is what all the God seekers want to know, and Jesus answers the question of the rich young man in no uncertain terms.

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Listen in to Pastor Mark’s sermon as he gives you his take on Jesus’ answer and what it means for you in your quest to attain eternal life:

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Click > “What do I need to do to attain eternal life?”

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

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And thanks to flickr and practicalowl, for the photo.

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