In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Charlie Brown goes to the mailbox and it’s empty. “Rats,” he says, “Nobody sent me a Christmas card today. I almost wish there weren’t a holiday season. I know nobody likes me. Why do we have to have a holiday season to emphasize it?” There’s nothing like evidence of affection […]
In the Bible there are only a few people whose lives we know about in some degree of detail from their origin/birth to their death: Adam, Abel, Noah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Samuel, Samson, Solomon, John the Baptist, and Jesus Christ. That’s my list so far. There may be others and certainly, if you have […]
We all try to protect what we love or what is valuable to us. It explains the rise of “spider wraps” and other anti-theft protections on expensive products, home security camera systems, and smart homes that alert us when there’s been a breach. It also explains everything from child-safety car seats to tamper-evident technology for […]
We’re a couple of weeks into the New Year, yet it seems Christmas 2018 is far behind us. The birth of Christ gets shelved along with the Nativity scene for many of us. But today, we have reason to think of another special birth in our new study, “Joseph: A Life With Many Colors”. First, […]
There are very few Bible characters about whom we know as much as we do Joseph, son of Jacob (also known as Israel). And there’s a good reason we know so much. But don’t let me get ahead of myself and spoil the telling of this amazing story. In our new series, “Joseph—A Life With […]
As we get ready to turn the page on a new year, my prayer is for you to have health, happiness, and peace throughout the year. And knowing that life doesn’t always go the way we want it, and struggles come our way, I pray you’d know the Healer, Jesus Christ, in times when it […]
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart (Luke 2:19). It was all too amazing, so awe inspiring, only Adonai could have arranged such a thing. She looked down at her baby, nestled in cloths, warm and secure, sound asleep on her still enlarged belly that previously held the long-awaited […]
“It’s just you and me,” Joseph reassured Mary. He loved her so much. “And Adonai” Mary reassured him as a sweet smile spread across her face, blooming with the aura of anticipated motherhood. She had loved Joseph before, but now she loved him all the more for the risks he was taking to his reputation […]
Telling Joseph went better than telling her parents who already had her things on the doorstep to greet her upon her return. A spoiled-purity daughter was of no use to them and definitely no longer welcome to set foot in their home for the sake of their own honor. They wouldn’t speak to her or […]
Luke 1:56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home. By now she was beginning to show in her pregnancy and she would have some explaining to do. First to Joseph, but also to her parents. “Not looking forward to that,” she thought. “Words, Adonai. What words do I use with […]
