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GET WISDOM 20: Mark 1:1-20
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 4:06 PM by Jason Barker
In this episode we cover Mark 1:1-20, looking at Christ's baptism, the temptation He experienced in the wilderness, and His calling the disciples.
Podcast (MP3): Click here to download.
Study Guide (PDF): Click here to download.
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OCN Matching Grant Program for Lent
Posted on Monday, March 24, 2008 at 10:05 AM by Jason Barker
The Orthodox Christian Network has a matching grant program for Great Lent: gifts up to $100 (until $50,000 has been donated) will be matched by a donor, meaning that you have the potential to help the OCN raise up to $100,000 during Great Lent.
Below is the announcement from the OCN:
It’s no secret that many young people drift away from the Church. Do you ever feel like that unfortunate trend is simply unstoppable?
It’s easy to get discouraged, but I have good news for you: More and more people like this young listener from Las Vegas are “coming home” to Orthodoxy. And YOU can make a difference in the lives of others just like him by joining with the Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) in its mission to:
• CALL BACK the wayward
• INSPIRE the faithful
• CONNECT teens, young adults and families to Christ’s Church
As you may know, in this media-savvy age one of the best ways to engage the broader culture, as well as our own young people, is through the Internet, iPods, DVDs, radio and television. Numerous studies, and our own experience producing Orthodox programs for all of these forms of media, have confirmed the power and potential of this approach.
That’s why I’m writing to invite you to become a part of a growing movement. The Orthodox Church has SO MUCH to offer the modern world, but it needs people like you to give it a voice in today’s media world.
Your special Lenten gift to OCN will express your commitment to the next generation and create something truly valuable for Orthodox teens, young adults and families across North America and beyond.
YOUR GIFT WILL BE DOUBLED
And now, thanks to a $50,000 challenge grant from a private donor, your Lenten gift will also do something else: It will be MATCHED dollar for dollar!
That means that if you give today, your tax-deductible gift of $25, $50, $100 or more will be immediately DOUBLED in value. Think about it: If only 500 people like you give $100 by Pascha on April 27, that $50,000 will then be DOUBLED! And, most important of all, the $100,000 that you will have helped to make possible will meet a pressing need in our Church.
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New Study Guide Design
Posted on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 8:01 PM by Jason Barker
I've created a new design for the study guides that accompany each episode of GET WISDOM. The new design starts with episode 19 on the introduction to the Gospel according to St. Mark.
Click here to download the study guide for GET WISDOM 19.
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GET WISDOM 19: Intro to Mark
Posted on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 4:30 PM by Jason Barker
In this episode we begin a new study on the Gospel according to St. Mark by looking at the background of the book.
Podcast (MP3): Click here to download.
Study Guide (PDF): Click here to download.
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Support the OCN
Posted on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 2:57 PM by Jason Barker
The Orthodox Christian Network has announced a matching donation program for Great Lent:
Thanks to a challenge grant from a private donor, your tax-deductible, Lenten gift to OCN of $25, $50, $100 or more will be matched DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR -- and it will help to share the light of Orthodoxy with the world! Please prayerfully consider taking advantage of this unique opportunity today. Call us at 877-273-2348 for more information or respond online.
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Removed the Flash Player
Posted on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at 3:44 PM by Jason Barker
Regular visitors to this site will notice that I've removed the Flash player for playing episodes of GET WISDOM without loading a full media player. I noticed that some installations of Internet Explorer - but not all installations, and it wasn't consistent even among versions - were failing to load pages that contained the Flash player. I believe that this problem had something to do with the javascript that called up the Flash player, but I was unable to fix the problem, so I've removed (at least temporarily) the Flash player.
Visitors who have experienced a problem with this site should now be able to load all pages, and should also now be able to see my tweets in the "Jason Barker is Currently..." box.
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No New Episodes for Two Weeks
Posted on Monday, March 03, 2008 at 9:26 PM by Jason Barker
Due to an exceedingly full schedule, there will not be a new episode of GET WISDOM either this week or next. On approximately March 19th, however, I will launch a new series on the Gospel according to St. Mark.
You can get a preview of the content for this series by looking at my Bible study Follow Me: A Study of the Gospel According to St. Mark.
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