I grew up a Baptist. I’m still a Baptist. We didn’t know about Advent. All we knew was that Christmas was a celebration of Christ’s birth. We missed something in the process… For many years, I’ve been concerned about how the church has allowed the world to give us guidance. And how we deal with […]
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Several years ago, I was scheduled to lead a group to the Holy Land, when a major flare up of tension happened. The company I was traveling with postponed all trips. In order to keep those postponed trips scheduled, they chose to take current trip hosts and potential hosts on a one-week trip to show
“Rejoice always” (1 Thessalonians 5:16 NASB) It ranks right up there with these other challenging passages: “In everything give thanks.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 KJV) “Giving thanks always for all things.” (Ephesians 5:20 KJV) Just last night at my house, we had a semi-major disaster (I won’t tell you what it was because it
This coming Sunday, December 6, 2020, is the second Sunday in Advent. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 Some choose other themes, but I like for this Sunday to be the Sunday of Love.
The Jewish people were burdened under the heavy hand of the Roman empire. Was there no hope? Isaiah said, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
