This post was first published December 14, 2015. -ed. For such an aggressively godless culture, we still tend to hear the name Jesus Christ with surprising frequency. It's tragic that the world has turned the Lord's name into a blasphemous exclamation, but it should not surprise us. Satan can't erase the truth about Christ, but he will happily...
Continue ReadingThis post was first published December 16, 2015. -ed. The Christmas story in the Bible begins several hundred years before that night in Bethlehem. One Old Testament prophecy after another promised a coming Savior—the Messiah, the Anointed One—who would redeem the people of God. The centerpiece of all the Christmas prophecies, Isaiah 9:6, was...
Continue ReadingThis post was first published December 18, 2015. -ed. The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father...
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