The Promises of Christmas Pt 1
The Child with the Wonderful Names
The child who was born in an hour of great need for the people has a name that shows that in that time of great need, God will be with his people. God does not promise to rescue us from all of life’s problems, but he does say, “I will be with you.”
The Grace of Christmas
When the baby grew up, he did not say, “Why can’t you be more like Me?” No, rather, he said, “Just as I came into this world through imperfect people, so I have come into this world to seek and to save imperfect people.
The Humility of Christmas Pt 3
Ordinary Mary, Just Joseph, and Simple Shepherds. This is the humility of Christmas. Don’t you find it amazing that God used humble, simple people to advance his purposes? I believe God did this to show His power and to turn the values of the world upside down.
The Humility of Christmas Pt 2
The Humility of Christmas Pt 2
Life is composed mostly of daily, ordinary routines. God uses the daily, ordinary, routines, and sometimes troublesome events in the world like a Roman census and like a crazed ruler such as Herod to accomplish his will.
The Humility of Christmas Pt 1
After centuries of church history, apocryphal writings, and questionable theology about Mary, we need to get back to the simplicity of who Mary was. Sometimes I like to call her ordinary Mary.
Who Was That Baby in the Manger Pt 5
That baby in the manger was the most glorious and perfect expression of God. He was God, and he was the most beloved person in the universe and before the universe.
Who Was That Baby in the Manger Pt 4
The greatness of Jesus is not that the lowly Baby in the manger was exalted. It is not that he went form a place of lowness to highness. No, the greatness of Jesus is that he went from a place of highness to lowness!
Who Was That Baby in the Manger Pt 3
“The palace, the forum, and the inn had no room for Christ. Have you room for him?
Who Was That Baby in the Manger Pt 2
How heavy is your burden? The One who is the eternal Word of God, the One who was with God, the One who was and is God, the Almighty, can carry that burden for you if you will give it to Him.