Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?
Are You Ready For The New Year?
At the beginning of a New Year, I ask you a plain question. Are you ready? It is a solemn thing to part company with the old year. It is a still more solemn thing to begin a new one. It is like entering a dark passage. We know not what we may meet before the end. All...
All Glory Be To Christ
Note: To be sung to the music of Auld Lang Syne Should nothing of our efforts stand, no legacy surviveUnless the Lord does raise the house in vain its builders striveTo you who boast tomorrow's gain tell me what is your lifeA mist that vanishes at dawn, all...
A Reflective
O Yahweh, love beyond compare, good when You give and when You take away. Whether peace is my lot or sea billows roil. When the sun shines upon me, or when the night gathers over me. You loved me before the foundation of the world. In spite of my hard heart,...
In Times Of Trouble
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling....
Peace: It Is Well With My Soul
And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7 NASB 2020 There is the (subjective) peace of this world. And there is the (objective) peace of Yahweh Shalom (God is Peace, Judges 6:24). Want...
And His Name Shall Be The Hope Of All The World
He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. He will be Immanuel. And His name shall be the hope of all the world. Matthew 12, Isaiah 7, 9, 42
The Greatest Gift
After hearing the King, the Magi went on their way; and behold, the star, which they had seen in the east, went on ahead of them until it came to a stop over the place where the Child was to be found. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy....
The Gift Of Gifts
O Source of all good, what shall I render to Thee for the Gift of gifts? Thine own dearly begotten Son as my Redeemer, proxy, surety, and substitute. His self-emptying incomprehensible love. His hesed beyond the heart’s grasp (Note). Herein is wonder of wonders: He...
Advent: Christmas Eve | Simeon And Anna
At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. That...
Behold
Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be pregnant by the Holy Spirit. And her husband Joseph, since he was a righteous man and did not want to disgrace her,...
God With Us
All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel. Isaiah 7:14 NLT (Note 1) Hope has a name. Immanuel. (Note 2) Note 1: In 720 BC, Isaiah, a Prophet of God,...
Fourth Sunday Of Advent | The Innkeeper
Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed wife, who was with child. So it was, that while they...
Prince Of Peace
For unto to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV Prince of Peace. Is it possible that Isaiah, the...
Everlasting Father
For unto to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV Jesus isn't God the Father in the Trinitarian sense....
Mighty God
For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given. The power of leadership and the weight of authority will rest on His shoulders. He will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. And of His government and its peace there will...
Wonderful Counselor
For unto to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6 ESV Jesus is the most wonderful, omniscient, trustworthy,...
Praise The Lord
The Inspired Word of God from the Apostle Paul: Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, He gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in...
Incarnation Of Christ
The Inspired Word of God from the Apostle Paul: Though He was God, He did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, He gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in...
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