What Now 2 Do

Following the broad sweep of history and answering the questions: What is true? What is important? What, now, shall we do?

Emmanuel

In the first light of a new day, no one knew He had arrived. Things continued as they had been, while a new born softly cried. But the heavens, wrapped in wonder, knew the meaning of His birth. In the weakness of a baby, they knew God had come to earth. Hear the...

A Savior Is Born

For unto you is born this day in he city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 ESV

Yielding Our Birthright For Pottage

"Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." Paul of Tarsus In Hoc Anno Domini. In the year of our Lord. Some 2,000 years ago a Light came into the world, and the world has never been the...

Advent /5: Rejoice

On this Advent Christmas Eve (Note 1), as we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, we consider the words of A. W. Tozer (Note 2): "We are assured that the appearing of Jesus Christ will take place. It will take place in His time. There are many who believe that it...

The Majesty of Christmas

Christmas is best pondered, not with longing, but with imagination. The majesty of Christmas is found in its mystery. h/t Max Lucado

Advent /4: Prepare

After the tribulation ends, then the sun will grow dim and the moon will not shine, and the stars will fall; the heavens will convulse.“Then all mankind will see me, the Messiah, coming in the clouds with great power and glory. However, no one, not even the angels in...

Childlike

It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, whose mighty Founder was a child Himself. Adapted, Charles Dickens (1812 - 1870)

The Candy Cane

The true origins of the ubiquitous Christmas candy cane cannot be known. However, the legend told and its symbolism make a sweet (pun intended) seasonal story. The story begins in 17th century Germany. A choirmaster is said to have given sticks of candy to reward good...

The Gift

The dearest gift on Christmas DayIs not beneath the tree.It's one that doesn't need a boxThat matters most to me.No pretty wrapping or shiny bowAdorns this wondrous gift.It fills my heart with peace and joyAnd gives my soul a lift!What gift could possibly be so...

Only A Holy God

https://youtu.be/7HSdeeCm8_g Who else commands all the hosts of Heaven?Who else could make every king bow down?Who else can whisper and darkness trembles?Only a Holy God What other beauty demands such praises?What other splendour outshines the Sun?What other majesty...

At Full Throttle

Life is like a mountain railway,With an engineer that’s brave;We must make the run successfulFrom the cradle to the grave;Watch the curves, the hills, the tunnels;Never falter, never fail:Keep your hand upon the throttle,And your eye upon the rail.Blessed Savior, Thou...

The Christian Walk

Righteousness will go before Him and shall make His footsteps our pathway. Psalm 85:13 NKJV The Bible often compares our Christian life to a walk. But it’s no easy stroll. It’s an arduous hike requiring perseverance. When we begin our walk with God, we’re like infants...

Advent /3: Humilitas (Note 1)

Love each other and, agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, work together with one heart and mind and purpose. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others too, and in what they are...

Ears To Hear

Unbelief always finds what it seeks. Eve found the serpent more trustworthy than God, not because of its credentials, but because the serpent said what Eve wanted to hear.

Forethought

Never forgotten. Never forsaken. Always forgiven. Forever. The Bible tells me so. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Luke 12:6 ESV I have been young and now I am old. And in all my years I have never seen the Lord...

Grace

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 1 John 4:20 There will always be someone in your life who will irritate you, pushing...

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment.

There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you. James 2:13 NLT We will be judged on whether or not we are doing what Jesus Christ would have us do. There will be no mercy for...