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Ghosts of Christmas’ Past
We are of course familiar with the image of ghosts of Christmas’ past thanks to Charles Dickens, ‘A Christmas Carol,’ penned in A.D. 1843. Dickens points toward a morality of generosity during a great 19th century division between a well-off gentry class and the working poor. Even today his theme of the repentance of Scrooge…
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Recovering Christ at Christmastime
https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts/things-unseen-with-sinclair-ferguson/recovering-christ-at-christmastime We should not be surprised that Jesus isn’t the center of attention at Christmas if He is absent from our thoughts throughout the year. Today, Sinclair Ferguson considers the need to refocus our affections on Christ. 5 min 25 sec – link includes transcript I found this particularly encouraging this morning after a hectic…
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Christmas Concert TODAY Christ in a Manger
I’ll be brief. The following is an audio from Truth For Life asking you to consider which part of the audience you are as we all participate in the celebration of Jesus’ birth. The text of our sermon is from Paul’s letter to the church at Galatia. (You may safely click on any link in…
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sleepers a woke = christmas 2022 series
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HUMBUG! would have been the label of an earlier era. But even Charlie Brown (who’s a bit old and outdated these days) had to miss Thanksgiving on TV this year. Giving thanks to God and celebrating a birth of JESUS isn’t what woke holidays of these enlightened last days is all about. Click below for…
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Luke 2 – The CHRIST of CHRISTmas
The Gospel [good news] of Luke 2: 4 Joseph also went from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem.. 6 While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands…