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		<title>Gospel Gardening &#8211; Mark 4:10-20</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jesus used parables but they were not deliberately “mystic” nor was he trying to initiate people into some deeper religious practice. Rather, he spoke in parables so that those who had already been sensitized by the Holy Spirit would understand. We find Jesus talking about the subject of gospel gardening. His disciples did not understand what in the world he was talking about, so they privately ask him to explain it to them. Let's discover what Jesus meant as we also learn about gospel gardening today...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=693&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parables for A Purpose &#8211; Mark 4:1-9</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:24:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seeds are such small superbly created things and yet mankind depends upon these tiny treasures from God in order to feed, cloth, or shelter himself. From a small seed can grow huge trees or the lowly squash. In fact, the maple that is growing outside of my front door is a tree that was started from a small seed. It now produces its own seedlings from helicopter-like seeds scattered by the wind around my yard and flower beds. It is amazing to me the message of God can be found in such a tiny thing, and that is why we find Jesus using the illustration of seeds to depict the kingdom of heaven and those who hear its message or not.Jesus often used parables in his teaching. Stories, that over and over again, his listeners had heard many times before, but he always put a new twist on them. And, Jesus used things that were familiar to his listeners. Many either ate for the day or went hungry depending upon how seeds were planted. It depended upon if there was enough rain or if the ground could support the seeds cast on it for a crop. So this morning we find Jesus using seeds in parables for a purpose. Let's find out how he does and perhaps discover exactly why...<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=690&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Marriage in Maine: Why We’d Better Fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The beautiful old state of Maine faces a battle that will affect us all. Will they vote “yes” to maintain traditional marriage on November 3rd or will they not? Homosexual advocates are pouring in millions, while defenders are operating on a shoestring. This is a battle where gay activists are strong and sure and some opponents too clever by half. One thing is sure: If we believe marriage should be between a man and a woman, we’d better mobilize. But marriage is just one piece of this puzzle. Let me tell you why.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=685&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Family or Man Does Not Understand &#8211; Mark 3:20-35</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all seen in situation comedies, or have experienced for ourselves, a pouting child that storms off into the next room while shouting to their bewildered parents, “You just do not understand me! NO one UNDERSTANDS ME!” The age old conflict of parents not understanding their children is nothing new. What can be just as difficult is when we think that the world does not understand us either. Surprisingly, we find these “misunderstandings” in the life of Jesus as well. Jesus’ ministry and his fame were beginning to grow. As it did, his teachings and his life began to threaten the powers that be and perhaps embarrass his family. Not only does his mother and siblings begin thinking he has lost all sense of reality, but those who considered themselves the teachers of all things regarding God also view Jesus as blasphemous. Why? Because Jesus was misunderstood. Let’s find out what happens, shall we?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=683&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Christians Should Not Have Voted for Obama: Welcome to the Social Engineering</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: Sadly, there were Christians who voted for President Obama, thinking it would prove their own inclusiveness and racial blindness. But what we find in Obama is not someone Christians should ever trust, nor should they have ever voted for him for any reason. The proof is in those whom he has self appointed to positions of "Czars" within his Administration that are only answerable to him and not the American voter. Quite a few have proven their ultra-radicalism and antagonism toward American identity and to Christianity in particular. One such pervert, there can be no other moniker for the man, is Kevin Jennings. Take the time to go to some of the links provided in this article and as a believer it should not only make you pause, it should down right scare you. By the way, the author of this article is Ken Connor. He is an attorney and co-author of "Sinful Silence: When Christians Neglect Their Civic Duty." He is also Chairman of the Center for a Just Society. For more articles and resources from Mr. Connor and the Center for a Just Society, go to www.centerforajustsociety.org.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=680&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gathering Crowds &#8212; Mark 3:7-19</title>
		<link>http://pastorblastor.wordpress.com/2009/10/18/the-gathering-crowds-mark-37-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We find gathering crowds during Jesus’ ministry. We also discover that he discourages it because of the “sheep factor” which involves getting large groups to respond the way a speaker desires. We find the Pharisees and the Sanhedrin doing this during Jesus’ trail. We see it on film footage taken of Hitler’s mass rallies or on TV today from the raggedy crowds that gather and chant mindless slogans that always begin with the intellectually pithy: “Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho!” As we look closely at Jesus’ ministry here in Mark’s gospel we discover an interesting thing occurring. We actually get to see how Jesus related to the gathering crowds. Let’s discover this morning what Jesus did and why…<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=678&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No “Cash for Clunkers” for You!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[However, when you impede the market place by placing unnecessary governmental restrictions such as taxes or mandated fees; or produce a false market through regulated buyer incentives like the governmental regulated cash for clunkers; or when the government forces your business to make you sell your product at a lower price – then you have created an unsustainable marketplace. You therefore have to reduce your costs by laying off employees or reducing the quality of the product you produce by cutting corners to make it cheaper. You may even have to move your factories to places whereby you can hire employees at a lower cost to you. This is exactly what will occur when the Democratic healthcare plan is enacted.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=676&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does President Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder when anyone will ask the obvious yet unanswered question that if there were only twelve days for Obama to be nominated as President for the Nobel Peace Prize, who nominated him? According to OregonLive.com we discover that “Many observers were shocked by the unexpected choice so early in the Obama presidency, which began less than two weeks before the Feb. 1 nomination deadline and has yet to yield concrete achievements in peacemaking.” In fact, the key is truly found in such statements that were made by the likes of Aagot Valle, a lawmaker for the Socialist Left party, who joined the committee this year, who related that she hoped the selection would be viewed as “support and a commitment for Obama.” Socialist peaceniks want to influence Obama to do things their way.

Does President Obama deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=668&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shriveled Hand and Hearts – Mark 3:1-6</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bad things happen to good people just as good things happen to bad people. That is the way of the universe. When we get caught up in judging all of creation by what does or does not happen to us, we are walking on faulty ground. It is the same convoluted thinking that goes something like this: “God must not love me because this bad thing happened to me!” We would do well to remember that sin exists and everything in all of creation is tainted by its stain. From the sweetest newborn baby to the gnarled old walnut tree out by our parking lot. The Pharisees, here in these verses, and some of us this morning, suffer from this kind of odd theology.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=666&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lord of the Sabbath – Mark 2:23-28</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a foolish discussion going on in some circles today about the importance of church membership in the life of the Christian. It has come about because of universalism creeping back into Christian theology from sources like the emergent church. It is not a new heresy. It is the notion that the church and thereby worship should center spirituality around the individual instead of the worship of God and the establishment of his kingdom through Jesus Christ. I find this blasphemous because this scheme focuses on the profane notion that church is not really important, only a relationship with Jesus is. Too many equate worship with being part of a church, and worse -- a relationship with Jesus! And while faith in Christ is primary, we are deliberately leaving out a whole lot of what Jesus taught about his church, what it meant to be a member, and the sanctity of the Sabbath when we dismiss it so carelessly. What then did Jesus mean when He related that he was “Lord of the Sabbath”? Let’s find out, shall we?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pastorblastor.wordpress.com&blog=807242&post=662&subd=pastorblastor&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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