Still taking a break from the series on Epiphany to address a current and important need for calm, peace, and faith as millions of Christians experience doubts about God’s goodness and sovereignty. Irrespective of your view of the recent Inauguration, one thing is true: millions of Christians feel confused. Given the volume of people reading […]
Taking a quick break from Epiphany because the Lord laid on my heart that someone needs to hear this.
If turning water into wine (John 2:1-11) was an epiphany revealing Jesus as Lord over Creation (a miracle since water usually requires multiple steps involving also sun, grapes, and time to become wine), this second sign Jesus performed displays His identity as the Lord of life. He didn’t even lay hands on the guy. It […]
The early life of Jesus of Nazareth is largely a mystery. After the return of His family to Nazareth after their flight to Egypt while He was a toddler, and one instance at age 12, pretty much nothing is known about Him until His ministry came of age. Even then, His hour had not yet […]
Jesus was revealed as Christ the Lord to the lowest among humanity in the Jewish world: shepherds. (Luke 2:8-14) They didn’t just say, “Cool!” and go on their merry way, watching wayward sheep. They didn’t keep the news to themselves, a “knowledge is power” idea or even fun fact for Jewish Jeopardy. No, they acted […]
Christmas 2020 is over. But Jesus’ birth wasn’t the beginning or the end. Jesus existed before all time in the Divine Godhead. He still exists as the Son of God throughout eternity. His birth, however, leads to the pivot point of all human history. Sure, there are happy and chipper things about Christmas: the lights, […]
What difference did the birth of the Christ Child make? All the difference in the world! His birth inaugurated a season—33 years as the doorstep to eternity–culminating in the Cross and victory over death, and the empty tomb to prove the Risen Christ was accepted by God as sufficient sacrifice for the sin of all […]
Shepherds and Angels, Heaven and Earth Rejoice!! In the moment, Mary is giving birth, deep in the throes of labor. If we had a split screen or Zoom array like Hollywood Squares, we’d also see Joseph helping, the animals watching, perhaps oddly silent, or as the song says, “lowing”. We’d see shepherds busy at work […]
“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born … there was no guest room available for them.” (Luke. 2:6-7) Couldn’t God have provided a better lodging for the mother of the Son of God and His only Son, the Christ Child? Sure He could have, but it would have ruined […]
Luke 2:1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town […]
