This year's celebration of Passover and Resurrection Weekend (Easter) has been special and very unique. The Hebrew calendar is lunar-based as opposed to the common, solar-based Gregorian calendar. Thus, Jewish holy days and festivals do not fall on the same Gregorian calendar days each year. Ironically, the Feast of First Fruits (embedded at the end …
Hi friends! It's been an eventful week, and it is often too easy to get bogged down in current events and the heaviness of them. But on this Lord's Day, let's unburden ourselves and remember that our redemption draws near! (Luke 21:28) Come, Lord Jesus! https://youtu.be/MAgCa4KCNPM
Shepherd's field near Bethlehem One of our tour groups visiting a shepherd's cave As the celebration of our Savior's birth nears, it seems only fitting to meditate on the significance of Christmas and ponder the birth of our Savior. Just over a month ago one of our tour groups was in Bethlehem. It is unimaginable …
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Hanukkah really has nothing to do with Christmas....or does it? Let's try to make the argument that it does! True...Christmas trees, tinsel, and gift-giving are totally unrelated to hanukkiah (9-branch menorahs), dreidels, and sufganiyot (jelly donuts). But there would be no Christmas without Hanukkah! Here's why: As we've learned over the past two days (here and …
Looking for the Blessed Hope 