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Fathers Growing In God’s Grace

Published in June 15th, 2008

This was the title of my pastor’s Father’s Day sermon this morning. It was great. The message was exactly what I needed to hear today. The scripture was from the New Testament, 2 Peter 1: 5-11 (New International Version) and it says:
5For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and […]

White America Is Scared of Liberation Theology

Published in April 29th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith, General Interest, Politics

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I get it now. Having actually heard the entirety of Rev. Wright’s post September 11th sermon I realize now that people all over the country have miss-spun and misconstrued a sound bite to horendous and comic proportions. This is basic liberation theology that you’ll hear in at least half the black churches in America […]

Only Abstinance Can Beat These Statistics

Published in March 24th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith, General Interest, Politics

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Have you been reading about the alarming statistics about teenage girls and STD’s these days? Premarital sex has poisoned 25% of them. If the consequences of behavior could ever be made more obvious than this I can’t imagine what it would be. So much for safe sex and secular sex education in America. It’s […]

Resurrection Day 2008

Published in March 23rd, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith, General Interest

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A word for the day to illustrate the purpose:
Luke 24:1-9
And a great song too to help carry your day.

Happy Resurrection Day.

Church Covenant

Published in March 2nd, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith

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Our Sunday school lesson today coincided well with communion Sunday. Both were opportunities to reinforce the concept of a covenant. If you’re a Protestant Christian this is probably the one day a month when you repeat your church covenant as part of the communion ordinance.
For those of you who are curious to know why Christians […]

Check Out the St. Stephen Temple Choir CD

Published in February 22nd, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith

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When I was in Louisville for my father in-law’s funeral a couple of weeks ago I got to stop by my old church, St. Stephen Baptist, in the California neighborhood. This was the place where I saw for the first time with my own eyes as a young man how a church does effective outreach […]

Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

Published in January 30th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith

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I didn’t get a chance to post my Sunday school synopsis from last Sunday in a timely fashion so how about we call it a preview for the Bible Study crowd tonight? From time to time people will repeat a common phrase and ask, “Is that in the Bible?”. Well would you believe that […]

Another Quick YouTube Hint

Published in January 30th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Blogging, Business, Faith, Music, Programming/Coding, Society

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If you see a video on somebody’s blog that you want to copy to your own, here’s an easy way to do it. Just click on the “menu” button at the bottm right corner of the video player. You’ll see a section on the next screen on the right side that reads “ embed”. Just […]

Blessings and Mercy

Published in January 20th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith, Music

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This morning’s Sunday school send off is a reflection of how Jesus wasn’t as anti-establishment as his contemporaries may have thought in his own day. Luke 6:27 says “But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies. Do good to them which hate you.” Last Sunday in class we learned that this actually wasn’t […]

Developing a Closer Walk With God

Published in January 6th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Faith

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Each year my pastor gives us a theme of the year. For 2007 is was “Developing A Christlike Attitude”. The theme for 2008 is “Developing A Closer Walk With God”. He gave us three key points to remember; 1. Watch who you associate with, 2. Be consistent in your Bible study and, 3. Be consistent […]

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