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Where Pets Come From

It is reported that the following edition of the Book of Genesis was discovered in the Dead Seal Scrolls. If authentic, it would shed light on the question, “Where do pets come from?” And Adam said, “Lord, when I was in the garden, you walked

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God Sues Kansas Preacher

TOPEKA, Kans. – (QPI) The Almighty filed suit against a Topeka church Thursday, in an attempt to stop one preacher’s defamation of Him. “I am tired of that Phelps man’s portrayal of Me as a homosexual-hating, `whore-hating,’ deviant-hating, and otherwise choosy father of Man,” God

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Dear Pastor: Letters From Kids

Dear Pastor, I know God loves everybody but He never met my sister. Yours sincerely, Arnold. Age 8, Nashville Dear Pastor, Please say in your sermon that Peter Peterson has been a good boy all week. I am Peter Peterson. Sincerely, Pete. Age 9, Phoenix

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The Bible Is an Empty Closet

“The issues about Homosexuality are very complex and are not understood by most members of the Christian Church,” according to Bernard Ramm of The American Baptist Seminary of the West. This evangelical authority on biblical interpretation says that, “To them, it is a vile form

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What Would Jesus Do?

Reading for the 13th Sunday after Pentecost: Luke 14:25-33 Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus; and he turned and said to them, “Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself,

Man In Yellow Protective Suit

Making Prank Calls to God

Hello? Hello? Click! Why is it that so many Christians prank call our Heavenly Father? Can you imagine what it must have been like when Moses had hiked all the way up Mount Sinai to find that cooky bush that just kept burning? I imagine

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Let Us Give Thanks and Praise!

Scripture readings: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know the Lord is God! It is he that made us and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep

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Letters to the Editor

Editor: A thousand Amens to what you had to say. I left the Episcopal Church because the Holy Spirit said it was time to stop being tolerated and reconciled and accepted and affirmed, in other words stop playing at being an ugly duckling and become

Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis

What MCC Has Meant to Me

It’s been nearly 10 years since I first set foot inside a Metropolitan Community Church. I didn’t even know such a church, aimed at the spiritual well-being and safety of gays and lesbians, existed, until my partner at the time saw an article in a