Posted in Pastor Mark on Aug 26th, 2009
What is the very first question people ask after they meet someone new? “So, what do you do?” We tend measure others by what they “do”. If they have a prestigious career or make a lot of money we immediately have a higher opinion of them. If they do something very common we are less [...]
Posted in Pastor Mark on Aug 19th, 2009
Greed is a very powerful force. It causes some to do incredibly evil things…robbery, kidnapping, even murder. But we rarely think of greed as the pervasive force that masquerades itself as free enterprise or progress.
I would hardly be considered by anyone who knows me as a socialist. I have a profound belief in self-reliance and [...]
Posted in Pastor Mark on Aug 12th, 2009
Pastor Mark – “So these two Germans are walking down the street…”
Listener – “Whoa, Pastor Mark, why do all your jokes need to be ethnic jokes? Wouldn’t it be just as funny if it were just two guys?”
Pastor Mark – “Oh OK, you’re right, let me start again. So these two guys were walking down [...]
Posted in Pastor Mark on Aug 4th, 2009
Prior to Noah’s flood we have records of people living 800 and 900 years. Methuselah holds the record at 969. Many folks today of course don’t believe it. That sentiment is understandable when you consider what a wreck most of our bodies already are by the time we are 70 or 80…sometimes 40 or 50. Is it [...]
