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      3 hours ago by Jesse Evans

      in The Kingdom of God

    • Well I was always under the impression that "freedom costs a buck-o-five." Seriously though, I think I like the heart of what you're saying here (we're offered salvation (freedom)...

      4 hours ago by Zack Allen

      in Independence day sort of

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      15 hours ago by paul munn

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      22 hours ago by Jesse Evans

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Virginia Church not in Virginia

Started by markvans · 1 year ago

Possum Trot, VA/Harper, WV – Along route 250 in Harper WV sits a small white church. New Freedoms Community Church was founded in 2003 by Pastor Ben Taggart. Pastor Taggart, who graduated from seminary in 1988, had a dream to serve the rural peoples of western Virginia. When his sm ... Continue reading »

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  • Jason J

    1 year ago

    Even if this is a work of satire, some of us live under this dark threat. I live directly on the DE/MD state border and I live in constant fear that someday they will tell me that they surveyed wrong and I'm actually a Delaware resident. Truly it would be a nightmare to me.
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  • markvans

    1 year ago

    I feel for this church. I mean, how can they be incarnational to Virginia if they're located in West Virginia. Now they're just a bunch of commuter Christians.
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  • somasoul

    1 year ago

    That's funny, Mark. And when I started writing this piece I tried to take it in that direction. I just couldn't get it to work. I'm dumb.

    Maybe I'll do some followup in a couple months.......................
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  • Michael Cline

    1 year ago

    I think it's great and came off exactly how you were wanting it to. Mark and I were cracking up when we first read this post. One of the best satire's in awhile.
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  • jurisnaturalist

    1 year ago

    Well done. Funny how when concepts which don't make sense across state borders seem to transform into legitimate issues when applied to national borders, as though God created the one but not the other. Wherever there is a straight line for a border someone got robbed.
    Nathanael Snow
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