We recently did a Good Friday service that centered on the seven words (statements) of Christ while he was on the cross. While preparing for that service, I did a deeper dive into one of those statements that has puzzled me some across the years: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew […]
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Let’s imagine together a world without summer. In the state of Vermont where I call home, the people are hardy and tough and used to enduring long winters, but what if there was no summer? What if after 6 months of snow and freezing temperatures there was only more snow and more freezing temperatures. Of
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“Welcome to Red Door Church,” is a phrase that I have said hundreds of times on a Sunday morning to open our worship services. But this Sunday those words hit me different. Due to a fire our church is not worshipping at it’s normal location; we are meeting at a building just down the street—the
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This sermon was originally preached at Red Door Church on January 18th, 2026. You can watch it here. We are back in Philippians this morning and we pick up where we left off in late November. Philippians is one of those books where almost every Christian has a verse they love. “And I am sure
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“Don’t preach to me!” Maybe you’ve heard that before from a friend or family member. What they mean is “Don’t lecture me,” or “Stop trying to tell me what to do.” None of us like being told what to do, especially if our conscience is telling us that maybe they’re right. Sometimes what a person
“I have no creed but the Bible,” is a common quip today in some church circles. As bold and spiritual as it may sound, it is actually very problematic. Some people hear the words sola Scriptura and think that it teaches what amounts to “no creed but the Bible.” But that is emphatically not what
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