How many times over this season I wonder, will the words about the birth of Jesus be spoken, acted out in end-of-year plays, portrayed in ornate settings with pageantry and ceremony, or simply thought about in people’s minds as they hear, of the Messiah’s birth. Read more...
There has never been and never will be again, a human life who has impacted the world in such an influential way, as that one life, Jesus Christ. No one person who ever walked on planet earth has had such a profound, world-wide and enduring impact on humankind as Jesus Christ. Read more...
Our lives stand or fall on our understanding of who Jesus is. Perhaps this Christmas can be a time when we consider again what Christmas is, and who Jesus really is. Ah yes; Christmas is about remembering, Christmas is about releasing, and Christmas is about receiving. Read more...
With the world in turmoil and confusion over the virus and other events, we need some good news. Well there is. The Christmas story takes on a greater significance against the backdrop of the world we live in now.
The year 2020 will go down in many of our books as humongous horribelous! A bad memory. Forgettable. I’m sure we found ourselves doing things we didn’t plan to, functioning in roles we didn’t ask for, and having to come up with answers we don’t have, to questions we’ve never thought of.
Christmas is a wonderful time. The carols we sing and all the activity around the Christmas season, points to the birth of Jesus as a little baby. No other birth is as significant as His was. No other birth divided history as He has...
As we approach Christmas, we can get caught up in the busyness, the pressure, the hype, the hurry, the deals and deadlines, and forget the reason for the season. In the busyness of celebrating Christmas – and let’s celebrate well – lets also pause, remember all that Lord has done for us, and give thanks! Let’s thank God for loving us, sending the Saviour, forgiving us, filling us with His Spirit, and preparing a place for us to live with Him forever.
After all the years I have celebrated Christmas since I was born again, I think it always moves me in a special way. The power of the message of this time of year always seems to touch me deeply. I always pass through the Christmas season having thought deeply about God loving me...
A gift is also only really given when it is received. How sad when Christmas gifts are not received for whatever reason. How sad too for the Father of the Universe, when His ‘perfect gift’ is not received.
The Star of Christmas! Matthew 1:1-2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He [...]
