Category Archives: Christianity

Get a Master’s Table Button

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Go to The Master's Table

Making the button was easy; getting the html to display as code (so that you can copy it) instead of translating the image, that was hard.  I worked on it for several hours, and had some help in the WordPress.com Forum. 

If you would like to add the Master’s Table button to your blog or website, copy the html code below into your blog template or a text widget.  You will also find the new button and it’s coding at the bottom of the left hand sidebar.  And hey, thanks for the linkage!

<a href="https://themasterstable.wordpress.com"><img src="https://themasterstable.blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/last-supper4.jpg?w=128" alt="Go to The Master&#39;s Table" title="Go to The Master&#39;s Table" width="128" height="53" class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1199" /></a>

The God We Wouldn’t Make Up

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God made man in his own image.  And man, in his infinite wisdom, returned the favor.    -Mark Twain

In my last post, I argued that if Christianity were a lie, we would have told a better lie.  A similar line of thinking applies to God.  Many gods have been invented by people.  The God of the Bible, the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, the Almighty God, Maker of Heaven and Earth, isn’t one of them.  Here’s why no one would make up such a god:

God requires perfection.  We would make up a god that settles for good enough.  Our imaginary god would be happy with 70%.  That’s good enough to pass.  The best you can do is the best you can do.  Who would ask for more than that?  The God we wouldn’t make up, that’s who. Continue reading →

Christianity, Truth or Fiction

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jesus_crossThere is an old saying that is Christianity were a lie, they would have made up a better lie.

Think about it. The basic tenants of the Christian faith are that a carpenter from a small town in Israel was crucified by the Roman Empire, buried, rose again from the dead, and that faith in these events is what gets one into heaven. These are just the basics. We could make a long list. To be a faithful Christian, one must believe: Continue reading →

Jesus in the Wilderness, a short film

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Thank you Noel Heikkinen for sharing this video.  Noel is doing a series on the Old Testament, and reminds us that each time Jesus resisted Satan he quoted from (what we call) the Old Testament scripture.

Ash Wednesday, Lent, (and p.s. Mardi Gras)

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Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday occurs 46 days before Easter, 40 days if you don’t count Sundays.  This year it fell on February 25th.  This marks the beginning of Lent, a time of preparation for Holy Week.  At an Ash Wednesday service, part of the ceremony is placing ashes on the forehead as an outward symbol that you will be observing Lent.  During the 40 day period something is given up, anything typically important to the individual, and more time spent in prayer, worship and meditation.  Lent is about preparing ourselves spiritually to observe Holy Week, the days between Palm Sunday and Easter. Continue reading →

Tips for Creating MP3’s

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faith-by-hearingI have to thank Challies Dot Com for sharing this link, so that I can share it with my audience.

Faith By Hearing is the first 4 column blog I’ve ever seen.  Digital Etiquette for MP3 Creators gives some tips on how to do a better job of turning sermons and lectures in MP3’s that are both easy to find and of a manageable size.  I appreciate the advice, and perhaps many of us would do well to heed it.

Faith By Hearing has an extensive catalog of sermons and teachings by many well known speakers, some of whom may surprise you.  Their site will be added under the Useful Resources links, and I highly recommend spending some quality time there.

Upside Down

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Watch the video all the way through.  At the end the message is “reversed.”

Vodpod videos no longer available.

Hindsight is 20/20

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hindsight-rear-view-future-past-road-mirrorHindsight is 20/20 means that anything you look back on is easier to understand that it was at the time.  We make decisions in the now, then sometimes realize later we acted too quickly, neglected certain facts, or else were simply uninformed.  Hindsight being 20/20, we would have done things differently if we could just have seen the big picture. Continue reading →

Jesus is Christ

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Not just Jesus Christ.  Jesus is Christ. 

I’m not sure if it’s the title or what.  On March 1st I posted the sermon I preached that morning Peter Confesses Jesus is the Christ.  I’m not hung up on stats, but that particular post has only been viewed 3 times in the past 10 days.  Personally, I feel it’s one of the better sermons I’ve preached in quite a while, yet almost no one read the blog post.

Like I said, maybe it’s the title.  The post has little to do with Peter, and more to do with our understanding of what Christ means.  It is particularly appropriate with Easter approaching.  So may I politely suggest giving this post another try.  No pressure.

The Wilderness of Sin

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In Exodus 16  the Hebrews wandered into the Wilderness of Sin.  My Bible teacher and preacher friends shouldn’t even need me to make this analogy.  There it is.  They literally entered the wilderness in the region of Sin. 

It could have been the Mountain of Sin, the Valley of Sin, the Municipality of Sin, but no.  The place was known to people in the region as the Wilderness of Sin.  How often do we willingly wander through the Wilderness of Sin knowing full where we are and how to avoid it?  What an illustration, and the Bible has already made it for us.