Tag: Christ

  • The Defeat of a Nation, Birth of a King

    Note: This is the fourth message in my 2014 Advent series. Christmas, 1944, would be his last. His circumstances seemed dire, the cause lost and darkness descending on the faithful. A Christian pastor had stood boldly in witness for Christ against the powers of evil. When Visser’t Hooft, the General Secretary of The World Council of…

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  • Jesus, a Refugee

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    ‘Can you explain the church?’ An unbeliever or a follower of another faith notices your joy for Christmas.  Maybe you just wished them a ‘Merry Christmas’ and they sensed your sincere joy in the Lord. A flesh and blood friend, a friend with a soul, wants to know from you something about Christ’s corporate community, the church.…

    Syria 2014 Christians praying
  • Christ’s Corporate Community – a Christmas Question

    Isaiah 7 13 And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? 14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15 Butter…

    Syria 2014 Christians praying