And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:14). Christmas and Easter give us the anchor of our walk with Christ. Other holidays may come and go but the reminder of the incarnation […]
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GPS – Walking in Darkness
October is the month for Halloween, that sad old tradition on “Hallows’ Eve” when ghosts and goblins are thought to be traveling around. It is an unbiblical and unholy tradition that the church ought to discard. However, there is a lot of darkness in this world, some of it from Satan himself, some of it […]
Paul Hartog
“The liturgical celebration of Christmas Day on December 25 was instituted at least by 336.” Paul A. Hartog, ed., The Contemporary Church and the Early Church, p. 59.
The Christmas Story? Yes!
The passage from Thanksgiving to Christmas is a wonderful time of the year. The leaves fall and the air grows cooler. The sky is clear and the days grow shorter. Our thoughts change from hearts thankful for bounty and blessing to hearts adoring of incarnation and salvation. We are witnessing growing unbelief and secularization of […]
Thankful? Yes!
It is a strange time in which to be living—in these last days. The Christian has known that such a time would come, but talking about it or predicting it and living it are different things. I know the coming of the Lord may be years away (or it may be momentary) but the Scripture […]
Is Christmas Hateful?
Have you wondered why Christ has been banned from the holiday which bears His name, Christmas? Or why Christianity alone is banned in a country which bears the insignia, “In God we trust?” Never mind the fatal inconsistency that in America everything is tolerated except what can’t be tolerated. And what can’t be tolerated? Anything […]
America in Christian Perspective
“Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people” Proverbs 16:34 America has been the greatest nation in the age of grace. We share our Christian values with our mother England, but she has fallen from her graceful place generations ago and her favorite son may not be far behind. As we […]
What Happened To Christmas?
Now that it is January and Christmas is over until next year, I can risk sounding like Scrooge or maybe even the Grinch. I have to confess that I labored through the Christmas season moaning and groaning at Christmas store commercials, Christmas television movies (the new ones anyway), Christmas network specials, Christmas online ads, Christmas […]
The Virgin Birth of Christ
There is no more precious doctrine in the Scripture than the virgin birth of Christ. The truth that the God of all creation, the Holy One of all eternity, the One Who loved us and became a man in order to redeem us from our sin, is the greatest thought of the human mind. […]
A Nativity Scene
It was Christmas time in 1992 when I first visited Russia and Ukraine. In America battles were raging over nativity scenes on government property. It was a startling realization to find that in Russia, the former Soviet Union, nativity scenes were going up all over the place and government schools were inviting Christian ministers to […]