Christmas

Learn From This Christmas Season

It is my opinion that everyone should journal. Not everyone does or will journal, but I really believe that you miss out if you do not keep a journal–even if you only write in it occasionally. Regardless of whether or not you journal, I hope that you will make some effort record the lessons you …

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This Christmas, Don’t Be Herod

We all want to be the hero. I’ve never watched a Marvel movie and wanted to be Loki or Thanos. Turn on an action movie from the 80s or 90s, we all want to be a Wolverine or Rocky, never the Russian invaders. Even when kids play tag or hide and seek, no one wants …

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It’s Christmas Anyway

Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville – did not. The Grinch hated Christmas – the whole Christmas season. Now, please don’t ask why; no one quite knows the reason. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight. Or it could be …

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Remember the Reason

Luke 2:20. Avoid the distractions of Christmas and focus on the Christ of Christmas. Glorify God for all you have heard and seen and praise him because he is in control.

Tremble, But Do Not Fear

The Bible clearly states that Jesus is closer than a brother, but the closeness of this relationship does not make it a common relationship. Angels are not cuddly pets, and the king of the universe is no longer a baby in a manger. God deserves our glory, but he has made a way of peace so that we need not fear. he deserves our worship and we must proclaim his peace to the ends of the world.

There Is No Christianity Without a Nativity

Our current sermon series at Malvern Hill, The Lights of Christmas, focuses on the good news that came with Jesus. As a part of the introduction to that series, I wrote, “Christianity rises and falls on the truth of the virgin birth.” Without the virgin birth, there can be no biblical Christianity. During this time …

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Advent Buzzard

Angela and I love Christmas.  When I say we love Christmas, of course I mean the fact that it is the birth of Christ and the celebration that surrounds it, but I also mean that we love everthing that goes along with the Christan connotation. We love lights and trees, tinsel and ribbon, and we …

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Bethelehem or Bethlehem Baptist Church?

Are you an evangelical snob? In his book, The First Five Pages, Noah Lukeman recounts the difficulty of getting a book published as an unknown author: Getting a novel published is extremely difficult, especially if you are an unknown author. Chuck Ross, a freelance writer, decided to test the system. He retyped the first twenty-one …

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