Posted on May 3, 2011 by theoldadam
Have you ever tried to discuss the gospel with another Christian and all you get in return is a bunch of bunch of “yeah buts”?
Many of us have.
Sometimes, I believe you just have to leave it (them) alone. Sometimes they are just really into the religious Christian project… climbing steadily, improving their Christian lives, and there’s no stopping them. In such a case I would suggest that you just let them go ahead with their project. And then look for others to share the gospel with. Look for those beaten and battered by life, or their own religious projects. It is here that the law has done it’s job and it is here that the gospel may have the best chance of being heard and freeing the person from the law (what ‘they do’).
Every person and situation is different and I do not advocate a formula. But I think the general principle is fairly steady.
What do you think?
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Thanks to flicker and Dan Squires, for the photo.
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Posted on May 1, 2011 by theoldadam
Do the Sacraments just operate on their own? Or is something else required?
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(there’s another 25 minutes, or so, in the entire class mp3)
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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and Samantha Decker, for the photo.
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Posted on April 30, 2011 by theoldadam
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Here’s some portions of a Romans class that Pastor Mark taught a while back. Not much has changed. We are still the same, and God is still the same.
Towards the end of the class Pastor Mark reveals the ‘4 secrets’ to the sanctified Christian life. 😀
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All four sections add up to around 12 minutes total…so there’s no excuse not to become the Christian that you deserve to be.
( I know that some sections are just seconds long, but I haven’t figured out yet how to splice them onto other sections. I’ll add that to my list of stuff to learn someday)
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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flickr and to Animation Concepts for the photo.
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Posted on April 29, 2011 by theoldadam
This message would make a great many liberal mainline Protestant pastors spit like crazed camels.
But I think Bono would be quite pleased.
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Thanks, Pastor Mark.
And thanks to flicker and itrimble for the photo.
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Posted on April 28, 2011 by theoldadam
The full class is now posted (below) in mp3.
The actual class starts about 5 min. into #1 (thanks to my Christian brother Brent’s lengthy questions) 😀
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I should have titled them Views of ‘faith’, but it’s late and I’m not going to fix it now.
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Thanks to Pastor Mark Anderson.
And to flickr and James Mans, for the photo.
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Posted on April 27, 2011 by theoldadam
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“The Word is not relevant to the ‘Old Adam’ as such…. It is something like the word, ‘I love you,’ spoken in a brothel”
– Gerhard Forde, “A Short Word,” 1981
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Thanks to Pastor Mark for passing these Forde quotes along to us.
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Posted on April 26, 2011 by theoldadam
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Here’s another gem from Gerhard Forde.
“Christian growth is forgetting about yourself.”
(…and your Christian growth)
The parenthetical statement is my addition.
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Thanks to flickr and joeysplanting for the photo.
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Posted on April 23, 2011 by theoldadam
That’s what St. Paul was doing in the Galatian letter.
Trying to take the religiosity out of Christians. Trying to show them that they have been freed from the Law of Moses, by the cross of Christ.
That job still needs to be done, as the ‘Christ +’ (whatever) crowd is always on the lookout for those not living up to the “Christian life”, and is more than willing to hand you the list of all the areas where you should be doing a better job.
Here’s a terrific sermon that is the capstone for Lutheran Church of the Master’s Lenten theme this year of “Breaking Free from Religion’.
(Pastor Mark’s Good Friday sermon for 2011)
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Thanks to flicker and Amsterdam Asp for the photo.
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Posted on April 22, 2011 by theoldadam
What would it look like if we actually lived the way Jesus commands us to?
Here’s Pastor Mark’s Maundy Thursday sermon for 2011.
( I messed up the begining so there’s a silence for about 20 seconds or so at the start of it)
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Thanks to flickr and Fergal Claddagh, for the photo.
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Posted on April 21, 2011 by theoldadam
Do we have the right, as Christians, to critique other Chrsitians as to their version of what the Christian faith is all about?
Absolutely we do!
Listen in to find out why this is important.
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Tampering with the Word #1 Tampering with the Word #7
Tampering with the Word #2 Tampering with the Word #8
Tampering with the Word #3 Tampering with the Word #9
Tampering with the Word #4 Tampering with the Word #10
Tampering with the Word #5 Tampering with the Word #11
Tampering with the Word #6
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Tampering with the Word entire class
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Listen to one or two of them, or..if so inclined, take in the entire class.
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Thanks to flicker and Gary Dunaier, for the photo.
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The Old Adam Lives! 