Football season has kicked off. Besides all the fanaticism that accompanies American football (or sports in general), there’s one thing that never ceases to amaze me: the inclination of athletes to pray before, during or after their games. What makes us think that God cares about our silly competitions? I mean doesn’t God have more […]
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The following is a guest post by Bob Thompson. It was originally written in June of this year while the Obergefell case was before the Supreme Court and just on the cusp of the United Church of Christ’s General Synod at which Bob was scheduled to speak. I’ve reposted it here. It’s hard for
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Do you find history interesting? If you think history is all about memorizing dates, I doubt it. But, as many people have pointed out, maybe the best reason to study history is that it is so full of good stories. I studied ancient Greek in college, and if there’s one period of history that’s chock
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At Red Door Church we’ve been taking a look at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). Along the way, we’ve noticed that Joseph Smith quotes directly from the King James Bible (KJV) or paraphrases it in a handful of places in the Book of Mormon (which was allegedly revealed to him by the angel
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One frequently asked question up here in South Royalton, VT (just a couple of miles from where Joseph Smith was born) is this: “Are the Mormons Christians?” A quick glance would give one the impression that they certainly are. They basically live like Christians, talk like Christians and go to “church” like Christians. So they
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What is a Creed? Everybody believes in something. As Burk Parsons points out in his short pamphlet “Why Do We Have Creeds?“, we use the words “I believe” to express our thoughts about nearly everything. At some point or another, they are found on the lips of every human being. The word “creed” is derived from
