THE WORD: A Christmas Gift
Christmas approaches and our homes are filled with gifts for family and friends and our calendars are full of family, social and community gatherings. Christmas falling on a Sunday adds an additional event for the […]
Christmas approaches and our homes are filled with gifts for family and friends and our calendars are full of family, social and community gatherings. Christmas falling on a Sunday adds an additional event for the […]
Last Sunday marked the Third Sunday of Advent. Traditionally, joy is the focus of the third Sunday of Advent. Joy is also one of the elements of the Fruit of the Spirit. The joy brought […]
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord […]
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. Ecclesiastes 2:1 We must test all our pleasures and amusements by this […]
President George Washington issued a proclamation on October 3, 1789, designating Thursday, November 26 as a national day of thanks. According to historians at Mount Vernon, Washington attended services at St. Paul’s Chapel in New […]
“I have had God’s help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike.” Acts 26:22 When Paul stood before Agrippa, it was twenty-five years after his conversion. […]
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt.” Colossians 4:6 The New Testament has a great deal to say about speech. Jesus spoke of men’s words — idle words which have to be […]
“And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.” — Luke 10: 37 In Luke 10, famous for the parable of the Good Samaritan, a […]
We may think that our lot is especially hard — and may wish that it were otherwise. We may wish that we had a life of ease and luxury, amid softer scenes — with no […]
“I am poor and needy — yet the Lord thinks upon me!” Psalm 40:17 Did God really care for him? And does God care for us, and think upon us — when we are poor […]
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