Category Archives: Holidays and Feasts

Because He Lives

Because He Lives
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. John 11:25-26 “Because He lives, I can face tomorrow.” That Jesus lives means everything. The old hymns have some great theology and this one has…
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My Nativity … And Yours

My Nativity … And Yours
Do you have a nativity crèche that comes out this time of year? I’d love to see a picture. I have two – one has been handed down through the family and the other is an olive wood carving from a trip to Bethlehem. They are both very traditional but neither look much like that…
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy

Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Many of our hymns and Christmas carols contain great theology. Singing them reminds us of who God is and what He has done. God rest ye merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay, Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day, To save us all from Satan’s power when we were gone astray. O tidings…
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A Child born but a Son given

A Child born but a Son given
For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given.  Isaiah 9:6 The power of Jesus’ coming is not diminished in the manner of His appearance, but rather reveals it. As Isaiah prophesied, a child was born but a Son was given. I thought this passage was communicating the same thing twice, but…
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