“I just got a Bible but I don’t know where to start reading.” This is a question I’ve heard dozens of times over the years when talking with people who are new to the Christian faith. Often I might point someone to one of the Gospels just to get them […]
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Trinity Sunday is a celebration in honor of the Trinity that is celebrated in many Western churches on the Sunday following Pentecost (the 50th day after Easter). This feast was celebrated on this day from as early as the 10th century. Celebration of the feast slowly spread in the churches
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
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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
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This is the fourth installment in my series on the Nicene Creed. You can read the first three installments here, if you are interested. This post will take a look at another one of the more interesting controversies surrounding the creed, involving, literally, one little letter. But that one little
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This is part 2 of our series on The Greatest Creed Ever Written. You can read part 1 here. This post touches on the background of the Nicene Creed. For Christians today, the doctrine of the Trinity is surrounded by mystery. We sing songs and hymns that speak of the
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