Dec 15, 2014 | Family, The Bible
Years ago when our youngest son Paul was about 4 ½ years old, he decided to count down the days to Christmas. He had just enough memory and cognizance to realize that Christmas was an exciting time. For weeks he asked us over and over—“When’s Christmas? When’s...
Dec 10, 2014 | Christian Living, Church History, The Bible
Herod, the King of Judea when Jesus was born, was a remarkable madman. He is remembered for his cruelty, and not only because of the famous “slaughter of the innocents” described in Matthew 2:16-18: When Herod saw that he had been tricked… he became very enraged, and...
Dec 8, 2014 | Christian Living, Family, The Bible
Christmas is coming. Are you ready? It’s important that we not miss the heart of Christmas—what it’s all about. Don’t miss Christmas by being so loud and frenetic that you don’t have the opportunity to hear the Lord speaking to you. He longs to speak to you and to...
Dec 3, 2014 | Christian Living, Family
What might change in your life if you lived every moment as if Heaven were real? A Tragic Accident I recall realizing, a number of years ago, that the notion of a resurrection hope had not yet fully taken hold of my life. I was certainly devoted to Jesus Christ, but...
Dec 1, 2014 | Christian Living, The Bible
Colossians 1:3-8 reveals to us some interesting historical, spiritual, and even psychological insights into why the Colossians believed in Jesus. What was it that motivated them to turn in trust to the crucified and risen Jesus? I’ll answer that question in a...
