A Ruler Who Will Shepherd…

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.  Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting…

A Different Christmas…

It is Christmas time again… but this year it is, for many of us, a very different Christmas from any we have experienced before. Many of us are still in voluntary lock-down or quarantined.  Many face Christmas without seeing any…

God Was In Christ: The Doctrine of the Incarnation, An Advent Journal Part Three

Fulfillment Of Prophecy The Old Testament is a wonderful and beautiful book that contains some of the richest prose and poetry.  I love the Old Testament.  I am saddened with the trend in some of today’s churches who exhort their…

Advent ~ because You Matter

Advent is here and I am more grateful for Jesus than I have ever been. Institutions, ideas, traditions, people… my own self ~ it can all disappoint or fall short of what I want this world to be, what I…

God Was In Christ: The Doctrine of the Incarnation, An Advent Journal Part Two

Jesus Did Not Begin To Exist The message of Christmas is that God became flesh and came in the form of the Holy Child in a humble stable in Bethlehem.  The book of Luke describes the supernatural, prophecy-fulfilling birth of…