Silent Night – Only it wasn’t – the heaven’s rejoiced
It’s beautifully simple, a classic favorite. The tune portrays a serene, quiet scene on the night of Jesus’ birth.
The problem is that night would have been anything but quiet.
Christian Living
Christmas Carol – Saved but not by a trio of ghosts
All of us were self-centered versions of Ebenezer Scrooge before we became believers. Our sin may have been different than His, but we still were stuck in a place we couldn’t get free of.
Our salvation didn’t come in the form of the ghost of a dead partner, followed by the ghosts of Christmas, Past, Present, and Yet To Come.
Well Done Good and Faithful Servant
Time is flying by, and that has me in a reflective mood this morning. Looking forward to hearing “well done good and faithful servant”.
Who were the heavenly host on the first Christmas
Who or what was this heavenly host that appeared with the angel?
Called to right beliefs and right living
There isn’t a church group or a Christian alive who hasn’t got at least some part of the picture wrong. Still we are called to both right beliefs and right living
Flood Waters – Perseverance in times of trial
Like us, creation waits for the final culmination of all things when our Lord returns.
What is the church? The hands and feet of Jesus.
What is the church? it’s a question we often get wrong. “Church people and God’s people are not the same thing. Church people go to church. God’s people are the church.”
Christ uses ordinary people and ordinary days
The all powerful God of creation could have accomplished His goals in any way He wished. Yet He chose to give us the blessing of participating with Him. He’s given you and me, ordinary people, the task of sharing His love with the world.
Small Blessings – Ordinary Life
Someone once said that God must like ordinary things because He made so many of them. There is some truth in that statement.
A Feeder for All: One Body, One Spirit — A Devotional
One true church, regardless of labels, practice, or language. One body, one spirit.