November 27 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!” John 1:29 (NASB) We have a familiar greeting for Easter: “He is risen,” with a response, “He is risen indeed.” Do we have an appropriate greeting for Christmas? …
Just as they had been told. (Luke 2:20, NIV) Christmas is a wonderful time of celebration, but sometimes the biblical facts surrounding the holiday are obscured by the bustle of the season. This happens to me when I approach the holidays after an exhausting year of chores. Seasonal activities like decorating Christmas trees, buying presents, …
But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, …
O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. (Psalm 8:1, NASB) We think of Christmas as a time of celebration, with expressions of love for family, delicious food, laughter, and sharing a year’s worth of memories. We usually pray that these occasions will be inked indelibly in our memories. I …
This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9, NIV) My wife and I have eleven precious grandchildren who get so excited during the Christmas season that they affect the entire family. Sometimes this obscures the true …
For we walk by faith, not by sight. (2 Corinthians 5:7, NASB) My most memorable Christmas story was my own. It was Christmas Day in 1957. The year that I accepted the Lord as my Savior, I had left home to attend a military boarding school. I went from dependence on my parents to strict …
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16, NIV) The babe in Bethlehem, whom we celebrate at Christmas, is “Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David and … his kingdom will never end” (Luke 1:32–33). “Messiah” (Hebrew) in …
“When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.” (Matthew 2:3, NIV) Jesus was born in the Roman Empire in a time of peace and prosperity, a time of literary giants such as Virgil and Ovid. But the most prominent headline was in Bethlehem rather than Rome. A baby—of all things—stirred …
“Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God” (Matthew 16:16, NIV). The babe in Bethlehem, whom we celebrate at Christmas, is “Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David and … his kingdom will never end” (Luke 1:32–33). “Messiah” (Hebrew) in …
