My last post was probably a bit convoluted. The examples maybe were not the best.
What I was trying to get across is that so much of today’s preaching and teaching regarding the Christian faith is nothing more than ‘law’ . St. Paul tells us that there in no life in the law…only death.
So when a [...]
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I hereby am inviting you to dinner at my place this evening.
Come on by! It will start at 6pm and end at 6:10 pm.
Oh, and by the way…I won’t be there. And you might as well bring your own food, because how can I offer you anything if I am not there.
Is that ridiculous, or what?
When [...]
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Yesterday was an awesome day at the Lutheran Church of the Master congregation in Corona del Mar, CA. Somewhere in the neighborhood of 68-70 people accepted the Lord Jesus as their Lord and Savior. That was about the number of people in worship. Pretty good, huh?
Well, it really is exciting. This ‘born again’ experience happens all [...]
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Martin Luther said of the Anabaptists of his day:
“They view baptism the way a cow looks at a new gate.”
They cannot imagine anything that is beyond their own nose. (I threw that last part in)
Martin Luther didn’t think too highly of those that would deny us the assurance that the good Lord Himself [...]
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