Posted: December 26, 2024
My pastor and I have a ongoing “argument” about some Christmas carols. He contends that some of them are scripturally incorrect. I maintain that songs are poetry and poetry uses figurative language and is not to be taken literally. He asserts that some are still factually misleading. And, of course, he’s right. But I do
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Posted: December 19, 2024
Jesus offers peace: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you.”1 Don’t look for peace in this world. You won’t find it. So, how can we be at peace in a nonpeaceful world? By living righteously. Doing the right thing—not the correct
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Posted: December 12, 2024
Nicodemus was intelligent and respected. He was a leader, “a ruler of the Jews.”1 He had heard that Jesus was upsetting his colleagues with his pious words about the temple. Jesus had caused an uproar there by overturning tables and driving everyone out. He was speaking disrespectfully to the Jews and creating confusion. Nicodemus had
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Posted: December 5, 2024
When people talk about freedom, it’s generally in the context of government and country. Jesus talked about freedom. But his freedom is much broader. It is spiritual freedom, which is misunderstood and downplayed and even dismissed by many people. It is, however, the most important freedom that we have. One time when Jesus was talking
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