Christmas 2020

First Words

And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (Luke 2:7, NET) So, so. Here you are. Shh, now, it’s going to be all right, yes––shh, let’s let your mother sleep.  How is …

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A Certain Savior

And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. (Luke 2:4–5, ESV) Jesus’s birth offers a promised certainty in the …

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God with Us!

“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which translated means, “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23, NASB) The year 2020 has been a difficult year. I don’t mean to dampen the mood again by reminding you of that. It’s Christmas after all! You know …

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It Might be the Best of Times or the Worst of Times…but God Is with Us

“Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means “God with us.” (Matthew 1:23, NET) Jesus, Emmanuel, the God who is with us—that is who this Jesus is. The Creator fully participating in His creation. As Eugene Peterson put it, this Jesus “moved into the …

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He Has Come

We know also that the Son of God has come . . .He is the true God and eternal life. (1 John 5:20, NIV) On June 5, 2019, my wife, Cheryl, and I, along with another couple, were privileged to visit Normandy, France, the day before the seventy-fifth anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Our time …

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