Every year I struggle with Christmas: I have no struggle with taking time to come together with family to enjoy one another’s company, exchange some modest gifts, and get caught up, but, I have always struggled with a “Christmas” that is absent of Christ and full of “Self”; which is surely the antithesis of Christ …
Christmas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zh-yR0pbmU ISAIAH 42:1-13 1 “Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 “He will not cry out or raise His voice, Nor make His voice heard in the street. 3 “A bruised …
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve, dark and cold- the night settled upon all the world- a time without hope. That was the world on Christmas Eve- Christ-less. A world without Christ is almost impossible for us to comprehend; our dearly-held Western values of charity, compassion, and mercy are gems overflowing from the treasure chest that Christ brought into …
Christmas Eve
Take a moment to still your mind and imagine, if you will, cool crisp air all about you. A night sky that is clear and full of stars. You're sitting in a pasture, watching over sheep, and there is nothing but darkness for miles and miles around you. The world is exactly as it has …
Christmas King: Our Lord We Follow
By now you've noticed the trend of Christmas posts that have been put up and might be asking "why" so many posts regarding a holiday that I, personally, do not celebrate in the traditional norms? Because Jesus Christ is my King, and any opportunity to present Him is a welcome and joyful opportunity to me …
Christmas Worship
The first Christmas began with worship as the wise men came to Jesus in a manger and offered Him their most precious gifts. You can read the accounts of Jesus' birth in Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2. Just as "Christmas" began with worship, how can we remember the birth of Christ without worship? Even John …
Christmas Hope
MATTHEW 12:21 “ AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE.” Quite simply put, Jesus is the name that we entrust all our hope to. And hope is something you take hold of by faith, and faith is something that comes through hearing, and hearing come through the Word of God. Hope is growing dimmer and dimmer for many …
Christmas Gifts
With Christmas Trees all decked in splendor, houses lit from tip to top, and Santa coming soon, what are the many gifts of Christmas? Well, I assure you, as jolly a demeanor as good ole Saint Nicholas portrays, the toys for all the little "tots" he bears are, indeed, not the many gifts of Christmas. Not …
Christmas Joy
LUKE 2:10-11, 13-14 "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And suddenly there appeared with the angle a multitude of the …
Christmas Tidings
Glad Tidings, my brethren! Grace and Peace to you in the name of our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, redemption for man and the Light of Life have come! Grace and Peace These tidings are in every New Testament book except the four gospels, Hebrews, and …