Making the unlovely, lovely

Posted on October 24, 2011 by theoldadam

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

Posted on October 20, 2011 by theoldadam

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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Good stuff…

Posted on October 18, 2011 by theoldadam

Here’s the best of the best, in my opinion:

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Pass them along to someone who could use some real freedom for a change.

Oh…and don’t expect to be thanked for it.

 

 

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NEW and Improved Lutheran Church of the Master website!

Posted on October 12, 2011 by theoldadam

Big Corona Coast by Kathryn Kay

If you haven’t visited the Lutheran Church of the Master, Corona del Mar CA website lately, you ought go peruse a bit.

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Pastor Mark is our webmaster and he has been doing some very nice things on the website.

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He just added an archived sermons and pastor’s class page that can be accessed through the ‘sermons’ tab.

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click here >   Lutheran Church of the Master Corona del Mar, CA 

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If you have any friends in the Orange County area of Southern California…send them a link.

Thanks!

PS- I couldn’t find any photos of Lutheran Church of the Master (I’ll have to take some shots this weekend) so I put a shot of Corona del Mar in the post.

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 Thanks to flickr and Kathryn Kay, for the photo. 

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The King’s Son’s Wedding Party

Posted on October 10, 2011 by theoldadam

WEDDING DINNER by leotadehoyos

Pastor Mark unpacks the parable of the King’s son’s wedding party.

Sermon for the 17th Sunday after Pentecost:

 

 

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click here> The King’s Son’s Wedding Party

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Be prepared for a good beating by the law. But then a soothing Balm will make you feel brand new.

 

No…it’s actually better than that. It will make you brand new!

…by the grace of God.

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and leotadehoyos, for the photo.

 

 

 

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5 Point Lutheranism (part 2)

Posted on October 6, 2011 by theoldadam

Luther's Rose by TFR - Jen

Points 4 and 5 are discussed here, and then a wrap up.

Enjoy.

 

 

 

 

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click here > 5 Point Lutheranism (part 2)

(This mp3 audio is a lot shorter than part 1)

 

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Thanks again, Pastor Mark, and thanks to flickr and TRF-Jen, for the photo of Luther’s Rose.

 

 

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‘5 point Lutheranism’

Posted on October 3, 2011 by theoldadam

Luther's Rose by Terrible_Swede

Or…”a  Lutheran Piety”.

Join Pastor Mark for the first in a 3 part series on ‘The Faith Toolbox’.

In this first class, Pastor Mark outlines  the 5 key points to ‘a Lutheran Piety’.

 

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click here     The Lutheran  Understanding the Christian Life  (Part 1)

Points 1 – 3 are covered in this installment. Points 4 and 5 will be covered in part 2.

 

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 Thanks Pastor Mark!

And thanks to flickr, and Terrible_Swede, for the photo of Luther’s Rose.

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NEW and IMPROVED Pastor’s Class!………… (you can hear the questions!)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by theoldadam

Pastor Mark’s open forum pastor’s class from Sunday 9-25-’11

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 click here > Pastor’s Class – Open Forum

 

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Some of these topics are discussed in the class:

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Glorifying God, Humanism, Zwingli, not taking sin seriously enough, Eastern Romanian folk tunes of the 70’s, Christian Vocation, popes, the 5th use of the law, Calvinists, stock car racing, free-will, home made ice cream, what we will do when we are in Heaven, Gas or Charcoal?,  the Reformation and the Catholic Church, Jim Nestingen, deep fried bean sprouts.

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Pope Benedict on “The Burning Question of Martin Luther”

Posted on September 25, 2011 by theoldadam

 

Luther's 95 theses by honecr5

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Good stuff there on how the Roman Catholic Church and Pope Benedict are working towards   unity with Protestants and Lutherans. 

 

 

There was much at stake then. And there is  much at stake now.

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Listen in to Pastor Mark’s sermon today that ties in very nicely to this issue of Martin Luther speaking out for the freedom of the Christian, and the freedom of God to save real sinners and to work His will in our lives, apart from religious spirituality projects that are foisted upon us by the church…or by ourselves.

click here > How to know God’s will for your life

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Thanks to http://www.internetmonk.com/ for their blog post.

Thanks to flickr and honecr5, for the photo.

And thanks to Pastor Mark for being a bold underline of God’s good and faithful promises to us.>

 

 

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The Persecuted Church

Posted on September 24, 2011 by theoldadam

A banner at the march by bhatto

I’m now having my doubts that the church in San Juan Capistrano is being persecuted.

I think it’s a legitimate question of the proper use of a residential property.

But what if it were being persecuted?

Is that really such a bad thing?

Is that a heartless question?

 

Just asking.

 

 

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Thanks to flickr and bhatto, for the photo.

 

 

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