This is the kind of entry where I am required by federal and ecclesiastical law to make disclaimers, so I’ll make them quickly. There is no question that the gospel is comprised largely of a series of paradoxes. So for example, in our weakness Christ is strong, and through the death of Christ love has […]

“Go Tell It!” Pastor D. R. Shortridge Easter service 4/11/20

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke (1729-1797) “In Germany, they came first for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist.  Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.  Then they […]

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