“…I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you: he is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10,11 Good News! Of great joy! A Savior has been born! He is Christ the Lord! With staccato brevity, the angel announced this message which […]
Dear Jesus, Christmas time is near again—a time to celebrate your birthday. I’m speaking to you as a present-day mother of children; therefore, I understand the significance of birthdays. In celebration of your birthday we wouldn‘t consider skipping church on Christmas morning. I always try to tell the children the true […]
This is the season of Christmas. Many of you are sending and receiving Christmas cards. Perhaps the most recurring theme on these cards is “Peace on earth.” This is a popular phrase with believers and unbelievers alike for a reason. “Peace” is something all human beings crave even though they may differ substantially on their definition of […]
“When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.” Matthew 2:10 The entire Old Testament breathes out an expectancy concerning the Messiah who is to come. The anticipation of Scripture is intense for the coming of the One who is anointed by God the Holy Spirit to […]
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). Every year at this time the attention of Christians comes back again and again to one miracle in the Bible: The Virgin Birth of Jesus. Our […]
My roommate Roger was big on efficiency. He told me he tossed his socks under the bed so they could collect dust-balls around them. That way when he picked them up for washing, he swept the floor at the same time. That’s what he said, but whenever his girl was due to come by he […]
We’re crazy, you know. Our society becomes temporarily insane, beginning earlier and earlier each year. We become faddish: decorating front lawns with garish and silly plywood cutouts of Santa and reindeer, or (my all time favorite in the North Dallas “light shows”) the 7 dwarfs. (What in the world does Dopey have to do with […]
LEADER – This season we celebrate in a special way the coming of our Savior-King, Jesus Christ. We will center our thoughts on the truths concerning our Lord which are revealed to us in the song of Christmas found in 1 Timothy 3:16. PEOPLE – “…the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a […]
Can you imagine a winter without Christmas? We were being reminded of Christmas by the retailers long before Thanksgiving Day. Is Christmas really important? Our economy depends on it. Over half of the annual retail sales of major stores happen during the Christmas season. The economies of Europe and the Far East also depend on […]
But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bring forth a Son, and […]