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 Jesus, there is room in […]
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This post comes from Pastor Bob Thompson (D.Min.) of Corinth Reformed Church in Hickory, NC. Bob has been a minister in the UCC for two decades. Last week I decided to watch myself on TV. I wasn’t glad I did. I don’t know that I’ve watched my own sermon on video since seminary. It is,
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It’s pretty common today to hear some Christians say “Theology doesn’t matter.” Or another roundabout way of saying it: “All that matters is Jesus.” But theology and doctrine are inevitable. Truth is, everyone is a theologian. 1 Whether or not you think it’s important to own a copy of a systematic theology text book
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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 regarding the book of Jonah
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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 documented in antiquity but has
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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 where he has ministered for
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