December 6, 2024
Mary’s First Trimester
In our rush toward Christmas and the miracle of Bethlehem, we often ignore the humanness of Mary.
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November 30, 2024
Advent
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..December 18, 2023
A Time of Praise and Worship
Worship was such an important part of that first Christmas. Do we take the time to worship the Lord during this Christmas season?
Read more..December 17, 2023
A Time of Loving
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..December 15, 2023
The Mystery of Christmas
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..December 21, 2022
God with Us, and We with Him
“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..December 16, 2022
Christmas Is For Children
‘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..December 24, 2021
An Angel at Christmas
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..December 19, 2021
God with us Now Residing . . .
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.
Read more..December 8, 2019
The Treasure Box
“. . . But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” What were those things she stored in her “treasure box”?
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