"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 Rarely did Santa bring her what she wanted for Christmas, but one...
"So Isaac stayed in Gerar. When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he said, 'She is my sister,' because he was afraid to say, 'She is my wife.' He thought, 'The men of this place might kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is beautiful.'" (Gen...
"For our sake [God] made [Jesus] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God." (2 Corinthians 5:21 ESV)For a few years, American atheists promoted a "Christmas" message: "Keep the merry, dump the myth." This jarring promotion...
Last Monday, in "When Grace Came Down, Part 1", I asked the question of why anyone would want to hunt down a kill an innocent baby. I received some interesting thoughts from a few of you and I thank you for your meditation on this subject.Let's remember that when Adam...
"and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them." (Luke 2:7 NIV)In the past two devotionals of this series, we've been highlighting the fact that Jesus' life was in...
With Christmas behind us and the New Year just ahead, I have a question for you: Who would you want to be in the New Year? Someone whose focus is on himself? Or someone who reaches out to help those in need?Jesus, our example, cared for the people in our world: "For...
I am excited to share this with you. I have stood on this verse long before I even got sick. Many a time, there were things I needed/wanted but thought they were too trivial to even bother God with. God thought otherwise, and gave them to me "each time." Even had...