Today is the western world's traditional Christmas Day. For the majority of people, it is mostly if not completely an irreligious holiday. Christ Jesus appearing as a human being has little or nothing to do with their celebration, if they celebrate anything at all. For many it is a day to look back on an …
I wonder if the night before the incarnation of Christ the Son of God was a night when much of creation held its breath. Something enormous, something beyond momentous was about to happen. Something all creation was waiting for with groaning. The redemption of all creation was about to begin. The restoration of it all …
“When Pope Julius I authorized December 25 to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus in A.D. 353, who would have ever thought that it would become what it is today. When Professor Charles Follen lit candles on the first Christmas tree in America in 1832, who would have ever thought that the decorations would …
Don’t you love a good adventure story? You know, the stories that keep you up reading long after you should be in bed. The stories made into movies that you watch repeatedly because they are that good. Most of us are drawn toward and into the good yarns, the good stories that capture the heart …
"My point is this; heirs, as long as they are minors, are no better than slaves, though they are the owners of all the property; but they remain under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. So it is with us; while we were minors, we were enslaved to the elemental spirits …
Image via Pixabay Just what was our God thinking when He sent His only beloved Son to earth? Sent Him to be born of a human mother. Sent Him to live among the fallen race, hunted by forces of evil from day one, and on the run much of His adult life? Sent Him to …
Image via Pixabay An adjunct assistant professor of the New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, Rodolfo Estrada, recently wrote the following: "Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some biblical sources, was born in this town some two millennia ago. Yet the New Testament …
Image via Pixabay “This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.” 1 John 1:5-6 “John does …
“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” – John, the apostle Light is a fundamental feature of the work our God is doing in the world. Light is a metaphor for our God, indicating purity and righteousness. It …
Photo by VisionPic .net from Pexels Who is your God to you? I am not asking for the "right answer" in theological terms, or the Sunday School answer we know sounds right. Everyday, in the most practical terms, in the moment-by-moment life you live, who is your God to you? When you are getting dressed, …
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