“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.” (Micah 5:2, NIV) Ephrata, my hometown, lies peacefully in central Washington State. In 1892 as the Great Northern Railroad completed its […]

For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6, NASB) The apartment on Swiss Avenue was rather bare, our plight being little different than

“Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed.” (Genesis 3:15, NKJV) y father, a dance-band leader, did things on his own schedule. For two years the band families traveled from coast to coast for music bookings. One Christmas, Dad’s band was in Chicago at the Palmer House—a grand old hotel. As the

Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem every year for the feast of the Passover. When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. (Luke 2:41–42, NET) When Jan and I got married, we started our family Christmas tradition. Our siblings and we would spend Christmas Eve with one set of parents and Christmas

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:17, NASB) At Christmas, I often tell anecdotes about my family emigrating from England sixty years ago when I was thirteen. I wish

“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” (Isaiah 6:8, ESV)  It was a cold, snowy evening when our bus pulled into “The Glen,” headquarters of The Navigators in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was nearly Christmas and would soon be a day that would change our

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! (Psalm 127:4–5, ESV) Hanging on the wall beside my desk in my new office here at DTS is a reminder of a most memorable Christmas. In fact it was just this