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  • The Four Chaplains: The First Sunday of February

    JOHN DUFORD, Whitehall VFW and American Legion Chaplain|Feb 1, 2023

    At 12:55 AM on February 3, 1943, a torpedo from German U-Boat 223 detonated on the starboard side and well below the waterline of the USTT Dorchester. The former coastal luxury passenger liner converted to troop transport, carrying 904 servicemen, civilian workers, and crew, sank in only 27 minutes, taking 672 souls to the bottom of the freezing North Atlantic. It was one of the worst shipboard disasters in US naval history. The first Sunday of each February is designated Four Chaplains Sunday, commemorating the sacrificial service of...

  • Your New Year's Resolution?

    JOHN DUFORD, Evangelist, Whitehall Church of Christ|Dec 29, 2021

    We are beginning our sixth year helping people read their Bibles cover-to-cover in one year. All you need is a Bible, a cell phone that receives text messages, and a desire to read your Bible. Here’s how it works: you phone me using the phone where you want the texts sent, and beginning January first, I will send you a text specifying what Bible passage to read that day along with points to notice in that passage. It’s free, and you can start or stop anytime you choose. Some people have started this just within the last few months, so they wil...

  • If It Works...Don't Fix It

    John Duford, Whitehall Church of Christ|Jul 21, 2021

    “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,” says Paul in Romans 8:1. We would agree with nary a dissenter among us. The dispute arises when someone asks, “What must I do to be ‘in Christ Jesus’?” Then there are hundreds of answers! Paul, writing to the church at Corinth, says some cardinal things. We will list a few and then reason to some conclusions. First, he exhorts “that there be no divisions among you” (1 Cor. 1:10). Next, he applies some things figuratively to himself an Apollos (4:6) for their sakes, that...