To me, these are bittersweet days as Christmas disappears in the rearview mirror and the new year lingers just over the horizon. To realize God’s amazing gift of Jesus our Savior is beyond comprehension and incredibly sweet. Knowing that Jesus has promised never to fail nor abandon us (Hebrews 13:5 NLT) pushes sweetness forward into …
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As the World Celebrated Christmas, Israel Responded to Violence
Welcome back friends! As many of us around the world celebrated Christmas, I pray you experienced the fullness of hope in a Savior born to die so that we might live. However, while most of us celebrated in relative peace, violence continued in Israel. On Christmas Eve, Palestinian snipers took aim at IDF soldiers along …
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Jesus: Born to Die…that You and I Might Live!
“...the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” ~Revelation 13:8 (NKJV) Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29, 36), was born to die, that you and I might live! As we discovered yesterday, Jesus is both the Lamb of God and the Good …
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Hanukkah – Celebrate the Light!
Happy Hanukkah! Yesterday I shared a bit about the origins of Hanukkah, and we discovered that Jesus celebrated Hanukkah in the Temple. We also discovered that, had it not been for the Maccabean Revolt, from which Hanukkah was born, the Jews may have been exterminated and we may not be celebrating Christmas! So, though Hanukkah …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 