Category: Church
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Religious freedom laws and common sense
Arkansas looks poised to sign a religious freedom act into law. Time will tell what the reaction will be. In response to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, there has been a severe backlash in the last several days. Conventions and businesses are talking about leaving the state. Other states are boycotting Indiana. First it was…
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Why Christians should care more about Pentecost Sunday
We all know that Christmas is when we celebrate the birth of Christ. And we know that Easter is the recognition of the persecution, execution, and resurrection of Jesus. But Pentecost Sunday is an annual event which is also of major significance. It is sometimes referred to as the Church’s “birthday.” “Pentecost” comes from the…
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What do you do with an empty tomb?
What do you do with an empty tomb? On Friday, a man had been put in there. On Sunday, it was empty. Why? Was it that he had merely been badly wounded but didn’t die? Was it that his body had been removed by his followers? The tomb was empty or it wasn’t. If it…
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The American Gospel and the meaning of Easter
Originally posted April 6, 2012 Statistically, we know that the vast majority of Americans believe in some form of a higher power. There are relatively few who are atheists. Since people do believe that there is something, and since it’s so easy to think of the majority of Americans as Christians, many simply attach themselves…
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The first time I ever went to church (10 years ago)
For a long time, I had considered going to church. As someone who had never gone before, religion fascinated me. As someone who was always a thinker, I always believed that there just had to be something out there. We had to have come from some sort of Surpeme Being. For part of high school,…
Josh Benner 