Tag: angel
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WE Have Been Here Before – Expectant
An Expectant Gift Premature Our anticipation of Christmas each year points more toward the expectant gift than the expected Messiah. The world rushes about all around us, no prophet has been heard from for centuries and evil prevails in the palaces of power. We tell the child to play this game and ignore that evil.…
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WE Have Been Here Before – in Awe of JESUS
We show no awe of Jesus in our no-salt ‘christian’ lives. Oh, perhaps in a stanza of singing, a sentence of sermon or a moment of compassion in our encounter with another; but for the most part we Christians fail to show any awe of Jesus in our worship or daily lives. Our church and…
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Emmanuel -3
Introduction to God in a Manger We glanced at the introduction of Jesus in the Gospels of Mark and John in part 1 of this series. Yesterday in part 2 we examined issues of the virgin birth from the Gospel of Matthew. Today, Christmas, we conclude with scripture from Luke, our most familiar source of…
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 8
My eyes drew back from their distant stare to gaze away from the picture. I gazed back from yesterday and looked intently toward the cross at the front of the church. I wondered: How does Jesus fit into all of this? I had never quite seen the connection between Jesus and all of the pictures…
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A Picture of Heaven – Chapter 7
I once went to a church with a friend, where eventually everyone was jumping up and down to the music. They were smiling and shouting like they were in heaven on earth. Thing is though, that we couldn’t stay there. My friend, as I recall, had a pretty tough time of it in ordinary life…
