Tag: Luke
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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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WE Have Been Here Before – Prophecies
Prophecies of Christ’s Birth We have been here before in scripture. You likely know Bethlehem from the New Testament, yet this little town’s importance derives from prophecies in the Old Testament. The Messiah is predicted in prophecies of Isaiah, who we met previously and also Micah of Moresheth-Gath. Bethlehem ‘AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH,…
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