This is Part 1 in a series titled “Seeking God in the Vermont Wilderness.” I’ve recently been doing a study of Vermont history, and Royalton history in particular. One thing I was surprised to find was just how important faith was to the earliest settlers of Royalton and the rich Christian heritage that Royalton boasts. […]
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Today it’s commonly argued that our Constitution does not allow for any speak of God in our public life by the government or its officials; that God and government cannot and should not be mixed and that to do so is to violate our Constitution’s most sacred ideals (or not-so-sacred ideals). For example, groups like
A Thanksgiving Proclamation Read More »
At Red Door Church here in central Vermont we are celebrating the Protestant Reformation for the sixth year in a row (since 2014). One way we’ve decided to do that these last few years is by putting on an event we call, “Reformation Day Celebration.” We open our doors during our town’s annual Fall Festival
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The door of our church is red, why? Actually many, many churches have red doors. If you Google “Red Door Church” and click “images” you will see a slew of them. After doing a bit of research on this, there are actually a cluster of reasons why churches have red doors, though no one, clear,
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I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. The third day
The Creed of Creeds: The Apostles’ Creed Read More »
One of the reasons people disbelieve in the resurrection of Jesus is because they don’t believe he really died. Sometimes when we’re defending the idea that Jesus rose from the dead, we have to give reasons that he died in the first place. In order to do this we must introduce the idea of multiple
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