Advent is a time to prepare our hearts for Christmas. It’s a wonderful tradition that moves us beyond the tinsel to remember what is truly important. It helps us make room for Jesus in our lives that often have “no room in the inn”.
Read more..In our rush toward Christmas and the miracle of Bethlehem, we often ignore the humanness of Mary.
Read more..This Christmas marvel at the outrageous and awesome lengths to which God the Father will go to give you the perfect gift. Give Him the gift of the same reckless abandon of Mary, Joseph, the shepherds, and ...
Read more..The season of Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, somewhere between November 27 and December 3, depending on the year. Advent is the period leading up to Christmas, which...
Read more..“Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given.” Jesus is Jehovah incarnate, our Lord and our God. “Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14
Read more..The story of Christmas is the story of God’s love. A love that was willing to give what was most precious to save a dying world. God so loved, that he gave his Son.
Read more..‘Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.’” Luke 18:16-17
Read more..The mystery of Christmas requires something we rational humans find most difficult: faith. Not some brain-numbing step into an abyss, but rather that which is described in the New Testament: “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see”
Read more..Have you ever been far from home at Christmas? Whose Christmas angel can you be? "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven." (Matthew 5:16).
Read more..How interesting that God chose shepherds as recipients of the “birth announcement” of the Savior. Shepherds weren’t men who worshipped in sanctuaries with stained glass windows.
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