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Beliefs | Mark Spence
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While I affirm the Baptist Faith and Message, the “Foundational Truths” is a more personal reflection of my theological beliefs. The Foundational Truths were developed by the staff at NRHBC. God is the all knowing, all powerful, ever present creator of the universe. (Genesis 1:1, Psalm 139:7-10, Matthew 19:26, 1 John 3:20). God is the one and only true and living God. God eternally exists in three inseparable persons; Father, Son and Holy Spirit, distinct in function, yet equal in substance. The Holy Spi...
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Gospel and Race Relations | Mark Spence
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Gospel and Race Relations. Posted by Mark Spence. In Gospel and Race Relations. Asymp; Leave a comment. I had an interesting lunch a couple weeks ago it was with a young man (he’s 27), who does the graphic design for Cross Church and some for NRHBC. His name is Justin. Justin has worked on projects for me for about 5 years. We’ve touched on spiritual things here and there. I was never certain of his stance on the faith, but he is talented and inexpensive, so I didn’t mind working with him. I think he rea...
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Why Can’t All Black People Just Be Like Carlton Banks? | Mark Spence
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Why Can’t All Black People Just Be Like Carlton Banks? Posted by Mark Spence. In Gospel and Race Relations. Asymp; Leave a comment. Disclaimer: once you read this, you will realize that I don’t want all black people to just be like Carlton Banks…. Over the past several weeks, our country has been divided by their response to the implications of the deaths of two men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner. 8221; or “Why don’t black people protest about black on black crime? Not just black people riot…. These comm...
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Uncategorized | Mark Spence
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70 Days is Over – What’s Next? Posted by Mark Spence. Asymp; Leave a comment. Pastors are great at telling people what to do. It’s one of the perks of being a pastor. And, of course, the pastor’s church always follows through. But now we are winding down with 70 Days in the Books of John. And because my responsibility to equip the church for daily Bible reading doesn’t end with the last chapter of Revelation, below are three reading plan options. I’ve included a picture of each for an...As you settle on ...
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Coping with Ferguson: the gospel and race relations | Mark Spence
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Coping with Ferguson: the gospel and race relations. Posted by Mark Spence. In The dreaded p word - politics. Asymp; 2 Comments. Shocking image from Ferguson, MO. Over the course of the last few days national and international media has zoomed in on a community most of the world has never heard of in Ferguson, Missouri. The source of conflict has to do with the death of a young black man, Michael Brown, who was shot, unarmed, by a police officer. Rand Paul, in an article. The police have responded with r...
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Cross Church’s First Birthday | Mark Spence
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Cross Church’s First Birthday. Posted by Mark Spence. Asymp; Leave a comment. Praise God for all he’s done! Click on picture and it will enlarge). Larr; Previous post. Next post →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out.
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Adoption | Mark Spence
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So That We Might Receive Adoption. Posted by Mark Spence. Asymp; Leave a comment. But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,. To redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. – Galatians 4:4-5. And the Winner Is…. Posted by Mark Spence. Asymp; Leave a comment. Thank you for everyone who purchased a raffle ticket for the iPad Mini drawing. We raised $500 towards the $15,000 needed for our adoption. Thank you! Little ...
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70 Days is Over – What’s Next? Posted by Mark Spence. Asymp; Leave a comment. Pastors are great at telling people what to do. It’s one of the perks of being a pastor. And, of course, the pastor’s church always follows through. But now we are winding down with 70 Days in the Books of John. And because my responsibility to equip the church for daily Bible reading doesn’t end with the last chapter of Revelation, below are three reading plan options. I’ve included a picture of each for an...As you settle on ...
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Culture Creation | Mark Spence
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Old Year’s Resolution. Posted by Mark Spence. Asymp; Leave a comment. In May I attended the Catalyst conference and was amazed that while the speakers and purveyors of the conference championed creativity, what they were actually doing was mimicking cultures that typically resides outside of church culture. I blogged on my thoughts here: Catalysts and Cultural Creation. Christian “Art”. Instead, if we want to see change in culture, we must create new cultural artifacts. Andy Crouch, in his book. Uniquely...
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