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.
Gleanings
Enter through the narrow gate – know the truth
There is also a sense that the idea holds true in the spiritual realm. We enter through the narrow gate and, as believers, are given the Spirit. We begin to be transformed into the image of Christ. We have entered the kingdom of God, albeit not in its fullness.
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”.
A long but vitally important list
Most of us have our Christmas wish lists. Santa Claus has his naughty and nice list, but the Bible has its own lists. The Gospel of Matthew starts in what might seem, to some, a weird and/or boring place. We often skip reading it. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of...
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.
River Rescue – thoughts on the gospel
We are not all that different. The temptation of sin draws us into places we know we should not be, and suddenly we find ourselves unable (or unwilling) to turn back and plummet down until we hit bottom.
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.”