The Sacred Sandwich

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Please pray…

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Friend of this blog and a dear sister in Christ, Susanne Schuberth, needs our prayers. She is not doing very well.

Please remember Susanne, and ask those around you to pray that the Lord will take care of her and give to her whatever it is that she needs.

Thank you.

               - Steve

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Thanks to all of you.

And thanks to flickr and skipsmilesleep2, for the photo.

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Jesus didn’t come to bring you a band-aid…

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…but rather He came to cleanse you…of sin…and grant you eternal life and salvation.

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Pastor Mark’s sermon for the 6th Sunday after the Epiphany:

click here > Jesus didn’t come to bandage our wounds

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Thank you, Pastor Mark. 

And thanks to flickr and MeganBG, for the photo.

 

 

 

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Christ Alone

Pastor Mark teaches from and expounds on a book written by Pastor Meg Madson from Minneapolis, MN., titled, “The Cross and the Crown   -  How the solas work together”

Pastor Madson’s book lays out the Lutheran solas, how these solas work together (they are not independent of each other despite the word ‘sola’), and what it means to be a Lutheran Christian.

The class starts off with some comments on church unity (or disunity), but gets back to the main topic after a few minutes.

 click here > ‘Christ Alone‘

 

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You can order a copy of ‘The Cross and the Crown’, here:

http://www.kirkhouse.com/Books/The_Cross_and_the_Crown

 

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.  And thanks to Pastor Meg Madson for her wonderful book.

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Bible Study – The Great Book of Romans (chapter 8)

This is a terrific Bible study in Romans that Pastor Mark gave a while back.

It’s one of my favorites, and I never tire of listening to it.  ‘Let’s start with death…and then go on from there’.

( you don’t hear that too often in your local non-denominational/Baptist/Calvinist/Pentecostal church on the corner…and they are ripping you off by not starting with your impending death, and the death that you died in Baptism )

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Anywho…give it a listen, and then feel free to make comments…or yell at me…or whatever you want.  Just keep it clean 

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click here > The Great Book of Romans (chapter 8)

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Thanks, Pastor Mark!

And thanks to flickr and kfergos, for the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

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Luther on turning the Scriptures into a lawbook.

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“It has become a deplorable custom that the Gospels and the Epistles are treated like law books, in which one is to learn what we are to do, and in which the works of Christ are presented as nothing but an example held before one’s eyes.  Wherever this errant opinion remains within the heart, there neither gospel nor epistle can be read usefully and in a Christian way;  such readers remain nothing but heathen,  as before.”

                                                                                                                              

>>>>> - Martin Luther                                                                                                    

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From a work by Lutheran theologian Oswald Bayer, titled ‘Martin Luther’s Theology’, 2003

Here’s a link to Chapter 4 of that work, ‘What Makes the Bible Become Holy Scripture’:

http://crossalone.us/2006/bayeronscripture.pdf

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Thanks to CrossAlone Lutheran District for making this available on their site.

And thanks also to flickr and armas_de, for the photo.

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Jesus Christ came to save us…by Himself…without any help from us.

He doesn’t need our help, or want our help when it comes to the business of saving people and giving them eternal salvation.

Only a puny sort of god would require assistance in giving people new life and raising them from the dead.

 Our God is a real God and therefore is more than capable of doing for us and giving to us everything that we need.

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 Pastor Mark Anderson’s sermon for the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany:

click here > ‘Jesus came to save us…and He came to do it…ALONE’

 

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Thank you, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and freestone, for the photo.

 

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Preaching this sermon would probably get you thrown out of Saddleback Church, Calvary Chapel, or Willowcreek

 

Why? 

Listen, and let me know ‘why’ (if you agree with me), or ‘why not’, if you don’t agree with me.

I have posted this one before (it is my all time favorite sermon – if that’s a sin, well…I am a sinner – what’s one more?)

It is a sermon on Luther’s explanation of the third article of the Apostle’s Creed, the Holy Spirit.

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click here > ‘I believe that I cannot believe‘

 

 

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Thank you, Pastor Mark for this strong Word of the gospel.

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

 

 

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‘God’s grace, in a graceless world’

 

How much of God’s grace can this world really handle?  How much can you handle?

There’s some law in this sermon, and a lot of grace.

If you believe that you are making a pretty fair showing of your life, and are maybe not perfect, but you are steadily improving since you’ve made your decision to accpet Jesus, then you might not hear very much grace in this sermon.

And to that we say, take another look at yourself, and then another look at Jesus.

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click here > In this world, God’s grace meets with trouble

 

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Thanks for the sermon, Pastor Mark.

Thanks to flickr and anjotesorero(ii), for the photo.

And thank you Jesus for Baptizing us into Yourself and Your grace.

 

 

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Open mic … ask the Pastor

 

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:

click here > Why some criticize Traditional ‘religion’

 

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Thanks, Pastor Mark.

And thanks to flickr and kk+, for the photo. (not taken at class)

 

 

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