GOD HAS ALWAYS DONE MIRACLES IN HIS CHURCH AND STILL DOES
The Holy Spirit has never left the Church and neither have His supernatural gifts and manifestations. They have been available in every century - from the days of the Apostolic Fathers, to the desert monks of Egypt and Syria, to the missionary outreaches of the Middle Ages, to the Reformation era and the awakenings and revivals that followed, to the Pentecostal explosion of the Twentieth Century and the increase of signs and wonders in the Twenty-first.
A manger, as someone succinctly put it, is a wooden structure large enough to hold the Bread of Life. See how this common stable fixture is lifted up to a place of sacred significance. But looming in the midnight shadows of the manger, there is the figure of the Cross. Like the manger, it is a wooden structure large enough to hold the Bread of Life. The manger is a symbol of joy, but a very peculiar joy, for even as we celebrate Christmas, we know that the day of Crucifixion is also at hand. In these meditations for Advent and Christmas, come and consider the King who was born in a stable,...
A manger, as someone succinctly put it, is a wooden structure large enough to hold the Bread of Life. See how this common stable fixture is lifted up ...
Focus is important. The better your focus, the more clearly you can see. But it is important that your focus be on the right thing because your direction will follow your focus. When your focus is clear and on the right thing, then you will be heading in the right direction.
The gospel of our faith is the good news that the kingdom of God has come and Jesus is the Messiah, God's anointed King. He is the focus of our faith - not only the One upon whom we fix our attention but also the One through whom we view the whole world, to see more clearly and understand God's...
Focus is important. The better your focus, the more clearly you can see. But it is important that your focus be on the right thing because your dir...
Paul was in prison. The Jesus believers at Philippi were facing increasing persecution. Add to that an undercurrent of personal disagreements and division in the fellowship, and things were not looking very bright. Yet Paul said, "Rejoice in the Lord always." There is always joy, and in his letter to the church at Philippi, Paul shows us how to find it.
Joy saturates this letter. It shows up in unexpected turnarounds in the midst of difficult circumstances. It is found in knowing Jesus in His humble, self-giving servanthood, in the power of...
THERE IS ALWAYS JOY
Paul was in prison. The Jesus believers at Philippi were facing increasing persecution. Add to that an undercurr...
Christmas is about the birth of a King - and the coming of a kingdom
Advent is a time of waiting and preparation. Advent comes from the Latin word adventus, which means "coming." In ancient Rome, the adventus was a ceremony in honor of the emperor, welcoming him into the city. The Christian season of Advent is a time of watching and welcoming that focuses on the coming of Jesus, God's Anointed King, into the world.
At Christmas, we celebrate the first coming of King Jesus, when He established the kingdom of God. But we also keep an eye toward the...
Christmas is about the birth of a King - and the coming of a kingdom
Advent is a time of waiting and preparation. Advent comes from ...
