by Dr. Michael Sprague | Dec 17, 2024 | Devotions
WE WISH YOU AN IRONIC CHRISTMAS The Irony of Christmas! Don’t you enjoy life’s little ironies and surprises? I have been thinking of a few this Christmas. 1. One of the sights I have scheduled for my next trip to Israel is the Herodium on the edge of Bethlehem. This...
by David Duncan | Dec 15, 2024 | Devotions
For Joy I’d left the ministry and moved three states away, with a marriage unraveling. It was my second job in four months. Being the consummate over explainer, I shared my troubles with my boss. The next morning, when I showed up for work, I was no longer on the...
by Ken Barnes | Dec 14, 2024 | Devotions
A Christmas Story For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6 NLT) Let’s use our spiritual imagination...
by Bradley Hilton | Dec 13, 2024 | Devotions
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given DAILY VERSE For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the...
by Alan Kearns | Dec 12, 2024 | Devotions
The Last Gasp of Hope One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!” But the other answered, and rebuking him said, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 11, 2024 | Devotions
Christmas is a great time of the year Christmas is a great time of the year. What do we mean when we say this kind of thing? Are we saying that we prefer “the bleak mid-winter” to the “summer suns” (Church Hymnary, 178, 624)? We endure the bleak mid-winter – “Frosty...