“And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men” (Luke 2:52 NIV84). For many years I have made it a habit to spend the last week of the year in prayer, meditation and Scripture study. I call it my annual study break. It’s also a time to evaluate how I
Month: December 2012
Love Came Down At Christmas
“In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him” (1 John 4:9 ESV). My wife, the mother of my children and grandmother of my children’s children, has begun her annual ritual of converting our kitchen into a
Christian hope and the Mayan calendar
“’The LORD is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’” (Lamentations 3:24 ESV). “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man”
Whatever happened to peace on earth?
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14 KJV). “’Peace, peace’ they say, when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 8:11 NIV). Some 20 centuries ago the angel announced to the shepherds the birth of the Christ child in the city of Bethlehem and the inauguration of peace