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Great News Part 01

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NOTE: There’s an audio problem about 5 minutes into this recording. My microphone battery ran out, but we get it resolved in about a minute.

A Catholic man will call himself a Christian, and he will pray memorized prayers, follow the Pope, and baptize his infants.
A Lutheran woman will call herself a Christian and will recite memorized creeds, sing songs by Martin Luther, and baptize her children.
A Baptist family will call themselves Christian and will boycot Disney, sing songs from the 1940s, and baptize grown-ups only.
A Pentecostal family will call themselves Christian and will speak in tongues, fall on the ground during worship services, and baptize grown-ups once with water and another time with the Spirit.

Which of these groups is Christian?

The truth is that even though we have come to understand Christianity to be a “religion” or a system of beliefs, the heart of Christianity is not any of that. It’s ultimately about a man named Jesus, whom the Bible calls Christ.

Come on a journey of exploration to see how a man named Mark shared the story of Jesus’ life in an attempt to show how Jesus’ story is the greatest news the world has ever heard.

Speaker: Jeff Mikels :: Passage: Various

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Jeff Mikels
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April 15, 2012

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This message is part of a series called Great News (Mark). There are 9 other messages posted in this series.

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