Tag: Christmas
THE MIRACLE OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH OF THE SAVIOR
This reproduction of “life” through conception has never been explained, will never be, but remains an eternal mystery. What is life? We can only identify the physical parts through which life reveals itself–but the reality of the human life principle remains forever elusive. Life is the essence of God which He breathed into the lifeless form of Adam in the Garden and he became “a living soul.” Adam’s body contained the sperm of half-life that when joined with Eve’s ovum of half-life created the full-life of others and began the human race. Through them, the pattern was set that every individual born of mankind would have both a mother and a father. The Virgin Mary knew this and when told by the Angel that she would “Conceive in her womb and bring forth a Son …” she was astonished. Her answer was, “But! Sexually, I know not a man!” The Angel explained, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you!” Mary experienced conception, not by man, but by the Holy Spirit’s invasion of her body.
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Who Is The Christmas Baby?
At this wonderful time of the year that we call “Christmas,” people around the world will be celebrating and commemorating the fact that more than 2,000 years ago a Baby was born in a manger. But for the believer, we know that that Baby was not born to stay a Baby. That Baby was more than a Baby! Who was that Baby born on Christmas Morn, really? This is the Story of who that Baby was!
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Grinches Still Trying to Steal Christmas in America
The Grinch was a bitter, grumpy hermit who tried to steal Christmas from kids in a famous 1950s children’s story. Unfortunately, the Grinch has reemerged to try to take Christmas away from schoolchildren. The Grinch is so nasty today that his actions could be prosecuted under our hate crime laws.
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What Mystical Longing Calls Us Home for Christmas?
Home for Christmas! In all of our efforts to get home for Christmas, we touch others—desperate, happy, lonely, cheerful—thronging crowded terminals, all trying to make that mystical deadline. What is it on this day that so drives us to be among loved ones?
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Christian Leaders Deny Christmas Wars
There is an intentional effort by some secularists to purge the word ‘Christmas’ from our culture. Whether it will be successful or not remains to be seen. But it’s discouraging to see some fellow Christians say – “Who cares?”
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Why Year-End Giving Is a Good Thing
Some say it’s a shame Christian giving is influenced by the year-end tax calendar. In my opinion, this is not all bad. Our lives orbit around dates on the calendar. But what if God is actually OK with it?
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Christmas Message: Peace On Earth?
One of the wonderful things about the Christmas Season is that for a few days and weeks at the close of every year virtually the entire world is confronted with the belief held by millions throughout time that two-thousand years ago a Baby was born in a lowly manger who was the long-awaited Messiah of Israel and the Savior of all Mankind. “You shall call His Name, Jesus,” the angel of God instructed His human parents, which means Savior, for He would save the world from their sins. His Name would also be Immanuel, which means, God with us; and that He is! for all those who receive Him, are infused in their human spirit with His very Life, His Being, His Spirit, the Divine Nature. But, is peace on earth really the purpose of the first-coming of Christ?
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I’m Dreaming of A RIGHT Christmas
A pastor worked in his study all through Christmas Eve preparing for the Christmas morning service. Being very tired he dozed off and dreamt of a world to which the Savior had never come. In his dream he was looking around his home but there were no Christmas decorations, no candles or Christmas wreaths. He walked into his study and thumbed through his library but found no books about Jesus, and the Bible he found ended at Malachi. He noticed that the last words of the Bible were: “Lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”
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