No Hanukkah, No Christmas!

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 …

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Viewing Christmas Through the Eyes of Mary

Viewing the birth of Jesus through the eyes of Christmas characters brings interesting insight. We will never know all Mary's thoughts or what all she went through, but the Bible does give us some clues. So, let's view Christmas through Mary's eyes! Mary and Joseph were betrothed (engaged to be married) when, as Luke 1 …

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Erika Kirk: “I Forgive Him!”

In perhaps the most Christ-like statement ever uttered in public, Erika Kirk emulated her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by repeating the exact sentiment Jesus proclaimed to the hardened criminal hanging next to Him on an old wooden cross outside Jerusalem's city gates: I forgive him! Charlie Kirk went to college campuses to engage in …

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Truth and Encouragement from God’s Word

As we continue to traverse a world that is seemingly blowing apart at the seams, we need to be challenged and encouraged in the truth of God's Word. I am compelled to do what I can to accomplish that. I have spoken and I have shared, but God has sent us Godly men and women …

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