Walking in Darkness and Seeing a Great Light

Ready or not, Christmas is upon us. Everyone seems to look forward to Christmas, but few slow down enough to truly enjoy it. I'm guilty of "busyness" that robs the joy of Christmas, but with changing life circumstances, I'm determined to slow down this Christmas and bask in the joyful celebration of our Savior's birth. …

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“It Will Never Happen to Us!”

Hey friends, it is holiday season and Hanukkah and Christmas will be here before you know it! We will definitely shift our focus toward celebration of those commemorations soon. But alarm bells are going off, so let's address the issue. Again, I harken back to the prophet Ezekiel's admonition in Ezekiel 33 to be faithful …

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Christmas Absurdity: Wokeness in American Churches

Tis the season.... While I would like to think Christmas is immune to woke absurdity, I'm reminded that radical wokeness seems to never take a break. I would also like to think that, especially at Christmastime, churches would portray themselves at least somewhat appropriately. When it comes to nativities, it would be nice if Jesus …

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Should Christians Celebrate Christmas? Yes!

Have you noticed that Christians sometimes argue over the dumbest things!? When we should be uniting around the deity of Jesus the Messiah and His atonement of our sins, we squabble over whether or not Christians should celebrate Christmas! After all, some say, it is pagan in origin and highly commercialized today. (Pagan in origin …

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