Is community necessary for the Christian? Scripture teaches that there are commands given to us by God that cannot be completed or fulfilled alone. One of the most obvious examples is the “cultural mandate” in Genesis 1:28: “Be fruitful and multiply…” Pastor Josh talks a little about some of these […]
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Pastor Josh wanted to share a little something with you this New Year’s Day. Grace and peace from all of us over at Red Door Church. Subscribe to Red Door’s YouTube Channel here.
Something to Think About in 2015 Read More »
A Hymn penned in the mid 1800s captures so well the amazing love and sacrifice demonstrated in the first Advent, the first coming, of our Lord Jesus Christ. I’ve copied the verses below (the refrain is sung between each verse and goes like this: “O come to my heart, Lord
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Saint Augustine in the 5th century remarked that the story of Jonah was the “laughing stock of the pagans.” Skepticism towards the book and the Bible as a whole continues to this day in even greater intensity. John R. Sampey comments on the views that most modern “critical” scholars hold
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Rummaging through books at a local thrift shop in town I discovered one with the catchy title: The Betrayal: The Lost Life of Jesus by the archaeologists Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear. The book is a novel that presents an “alternate life of Jesus,” a life which was supposedly well
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Bob Thompson (D. Min.) is a good friend and trusted mentor of mine. I asked him if he would kindly pen a brief explanation about the mainline church which answered the oft asked question: “What is a mainline church?” Bob is pastor of Corinth Reformed Church (UCC) in Hickory, NC
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