Comments on: About http://markcares.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:58:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: markcares http://markcares.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4280 markcares Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:10:19 +0000 #comment-4280 Richard: I'm so glad that the book was helpful. For my witnesing help, visit our website at www.truthinlovetomormons.com Richard:
I’m so glad that the book was helpful. For my witnesing help, visit our website at http://www.truthinlovetomormons.com

]]> By: rblandjr http://markcares.wordpress.com/about/#comment-4278 rblandjr Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:26:15 +0000 #comment-4278 Mark, I just picked up your book,Speaking the Truth in love to Mormons. Your book has helped me to understand better my daughter-in-law and son who are LDS. Thanks for the great resource that will help me to minister to them. In Christ, Richard Bland Mark,
I just picked up your book,Speaking the Truth in love to Mormons. Your book has helped me to understand better my daughter-in-law and son who are LDS. Thanks for the great resource that will help me to minister to them.

In Christ,
Richard Bland

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]]> By: Pastor Tom Eckstein http://markcares.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2674 Pastor Tom Eckstein Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:40:52 +0000 #comment-2674 Some Mormon missionaries visited my home tonight. I was busy, but I got their card and told them I would call so we could visit next week. I started brushing up on Mormonism in preparation to witness to them. This led me to find your web page. AWESOME! I now have some questions: 1. Are you Lutheran? 2. If you are Lutheran, which "Lutheran" are you? (ELCA, LCMS, WELS, other?) I ask this because after skimming your web page your theology (esp. your Law/Gospel approach) reveals that you seemed to be influenced by Lutheran theology. One more question. I agree with you that we should start with proclaiming the Law and our need for Christ, trusting in the Spirit to bring them to faith, and then getting to the "false teachings" of Mormonism later. However, my question is if we can wait to deal with their false teaching about the person of Christ since the person of Christ (Christology) cannot be separated from the Gospel (the work of Christ for us). Would you suggest we simply make a positive argument (proclaim the Truth about WHO Jesus is) instead of taking a negative approach (this is the false teaching that Mormons have about Jesus!)? Any advice you could give would be appreciated. Feel free to email me: pastoreck@gmail.com Some Mormon missionaries visited my home tonight. I was busy, but I got their card and told them I would call so we could visit next week. I started brushing up on Mormonism in preparation to witness to them. This led me to find your web page. AWESOME!

I now have some questions:

1. Are you Lutheran?

2. If you are Lutheran, which “Lutheran” are you? (ELCA, LCMS, WELS, other?)

I ask this because after skimming your web page your theology (esp. your Law/Gospel approach) reveals that you seemed to be influenced by Lutheran theology.

One more question. I agree with you that we should start with proclaiming the Law and our need for Christ, trusting in the Spirit to bring them to faith, and then getting to the “false teachings” of Mormonism later. However, my question is if we can wait to deal with their false teaching about the person of Christ since the person of Christ (Christology) cannot be separated from the Gospel (the work of Christ for us). Would you suggest we simply make a positive argument (proclaim the Truth about WHO Jesus is) instead of taking a negative approach (this is the false teaching that Mormons have about Jesus!)? Any advice you could give would be appreciated. Feel free to email me: pastoreck@gmail.com

]]> By: sjbrown58 http://markcares.wordpress.com/about/#comment-933 sjbrown58 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:14:49 +0000 #comment-933 Hi Pastor Cares, Just wanted to introduce myself. Steve Brown, a Lay WELS Blogger at: http://sjbrown58.wordpress.com My site is named "Worship Ideas You Can Use". I found out about you from a post by Pastor Jeremiah Gumm. Glad to see more WELS presence on wordpress. Keep up the great work! Steve Hi Pastor Cares,

Just wanted to introduce myself. Steve Brown, a Lay WELS Blogger at:

http://sjbrown58.wordpress.com

My site is named “Worship Ideas You Can Use”.

I found out about you from a post by Pastor Jeremiah Gumm. Glad to see more WELS presence on wordpress.

Keep up the great work!

Steve

]]> By: markcares http://markcares.wordpress.com/about/#comment-322 markcares Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:51:16 +0000 #comment-322 Berean: For a number of years, besides pastoring a growing local congregation, I had some other responsibilities in our church body that took a lot of my time. I recently put most of those responsibilites aside so I could again start devoting some tome to reaching the LDS. I am still co-pastoring the congregation but I am in the process of taking more time away from it (I have an exceeelnt co-pastor who is really taking the reins) and devoting more time to this ministry. We have a lot of different irons in the fire so in the coming months we will see where we need to devote our energies. May the Lord continue to be with and bless you. Berean:
For a number of years, besides pastoring a growing local congregation, I had some other responsibilities in our church body that took a lot of my time. I recently put most of those responsibilites aside so I could again start devoting some tome to reaching the LDS. I am still co-pastoring the congregation but I am in the process of taking more time away from it (I have an exceeelnt co-pastor who is really taking the reins) and devoting more time to this ministry. We have a lot of different irons in the fire so in the coming months we will see where we need to devote our energies.
May the Lord continue to be with and bless you.

]]> By: Berean http://markcares.wordpress.com/about/#comment-318 Berean Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:41:32 +0000 #comment-318 Mark, I'm a big fan of yours. I love your work and the book that you wrote. I'm happy to find your blog. I respect and appreciate what you are trying to do for the LDS people because that is my passion as well here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Your email to me a few months ago was the "shot in the arm" that I needed and I reflect on it often. Keep up the good work! I ran into Dave at the Compassionate Boldness Conference in Salt Lake this past May. He said that you have stepped back as an active player in the ministry that you started. I believe he told me that you have focused most of your attention on the LDS in your local area and in pastoring your church. Is that true? What is your role now? God bless you! Mark, I’m a big fan of yours. I love your work and the book that you wrote. I’m happy to find your blog. I respect and appreciate what you are trying to do for the LDS people because that is my passion as well here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Your email to me a few months ago was the “shot in the arm” that I needed and I reflect on it often. Keep up the good work! I ran into Dave at the Compassionate Boldness Conference in Salt Lake this past May. He said that you have stepped back as an active player in the ministry that you started. I believe he told me that you have focused most of your attention on the LDS in your local area and in pastoring your church. Is that true? What is your role now? God bless you!

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