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1. When Your Situation Seems Impossible, Remember These Two Biblical Women

... -55, NIV). Sherri Gragg is a writer and speaker who enjoys researching the history, people and culture of the Middle East. She is the author of five books, including her latest, Advent: The Story of Ch ...

Created on 06 December 2019

2. Anne Graham Lotz: Here's the Real Christmas Miracle You Need ...

At this time last year, I was undergoing chemotherapy. Because I was confined for days to my bed or a chair due to severe side effects, I found myself watching television Christmas movies. So many of them ...

Created on 05 December 2019

3. How to Flip Your Complaints About Christmas Into a Christ-Centered Testimony ...

You may be reading this in early December, but complaints about Christmas already abound. Have you heard them? —"Christmas has become too commercialized!" This one isn't really new. Remember the 1947 class ...

Created on 04 December 2019

4. 3 Simple Statements That Will Increase Your Joy in God's Presence

The Christmas season is officially here. I'm not going to lie—I'm loving the Hallmark Christmas movies. While this time of year is wonderful, it can also bring a bit of internal hurry and angst. Shoppin ...

Created on 02 December 2019

5. 4 Godly Suggestions to Protect Your Marriage This Christmas ...

The Christmas season can be hard on relationships. As a pastor, I can't tell you how many times I met with a couple after the holidays because of problems developed—or were exaggerated—between Thanksgivin ...

Created on 02 December 2019

6. How to Make Sure You Don't Lose Sight of the Real Reason for the Season

When I was young, I loved Christmas. I looked forward with great anticipation to all the delightful surprises that attended it: special cookies baked at that time of year, ribbon candy, a breathtaking ...

Created on 02 December 2019

7. Jesus Chose Love Over Power 2 Millennia Ago; Where Did the Church Go Wrong?

...  their paths. His people, however, continued to be a rebellious people, for they had not yet seen His love. This is what Christmas and the cross are all about: God setting aside His power and showing h ...

Created on 18 November 2019

8. 3 Things This Angelic Announcement Tells Us About Jesus' Identity

...  and Lord belongs to Jesus. This is the true meaning of Christmas. Is Jesus your Savior? Is Jesus your Christ? Is Jesus your Lord?  ...

Created on 05 February 2019

9. How to Approach the Bible's Most Famous Story With New Eyes

... He was conceived in the womb (Luke 2:8-21). Luke 2:8–21 is perhaps the most familiar passage in all Scriptures. Linus reads it every Christmas for the Charlie Brown television special. Almost every chu ...

Created on 04 February 2019

10. A Glorious Angelic Announcement for an Unlikely Audience

And in the same area there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And then an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and ...

Created on 01 February 2019

11. The Deeper Significance of the Name 'Immanuel'

... a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. (Luke 2:1-7) Immanuel. Every Christmas, cards start arriving in the mailbox and songs echo at the mall with the word "Immanuel." But what does tha ...

Created on 29 January 2019

12. The Protestant Case for Honoring the Virgin Mary

And Zechariah said to the angel, "How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife well advanced in years."... Then Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I do not know a man?" (Luke 1:18, ...

Created on 02 January 2019

13. What Was Nazareth Like?

... er heard of. Mary was very young at the time—as young as age 12—but she was betrothed to be married to a man named Joseph. A lot has been said about this couple, especially every year at Christmastime ...

Created on 31 December 2018

14. Christmas Miracle: Iraq Officially Declares Christmas a National Holiday to Celebrate Birth of Jesus ...

Call it a Christmas miracle: Iraq, a predominantly Muslim nation, declared Dec. 25 to be a national holiday to celebrated "on the occasion of the birth of Jesus Christ." The official Twitter account fo ...

Created on 26 December 2018

15. How the End of Christmas Can Mark Your Powerful New Beginning ...

Christmas is my favorite holiday. Even this year, as I adjust to missing a piece of my heart, I still love Christmas. Sappy movies with happy-ever-after endings. Hectic schedules punctuated by peaceful ...

Created on 27 December 2018

16. How You Can Move From Chaos Into Celebrating the True Gift of the Christmas Season ...

... I noticed a remarkable thread. Every person was asking God, entreating God, to reveal Himself in some profound way in their lives. Emmanuel God, though, has already done that. Christmas is the time when ...

Created on 26 December 2018

17. The Powerful Truth Christmas Says About You ...

The joys of the Christmas season can come with an equal amount of pressures. What presents shall I get everyone? What do I want? Will I have a Christmas romance, or have to go to Winter Wonderland alone? ...

Created on 24 December 2018

18. Stephen Strang: Being Home for Christmas ...

Some of my most memorable Christmases growing up were when my family drove from Florida to my grandparents' old farm in Michigan. Often we had fewer presents in order to save money for the long journey. ...

Created on 24 December 2018

19. 3 Ways Jesus Can Light Up Your Christmas and New Year ...

... Celebrate! Take joy in His light. Praise Him daily. Dance for joy. He illuminates the path before you (Ps. 119:105). The unknowns of 2019 are known by Him. He is already in tomorrow, so you can celebrate. Merry ...

Created on 24 December 2018

20. Let This Eternal Song Ring in Your Soul Today

One of the most glorious aspects of the Christmas season for me is the sound of the melodies of Advent. My delight in the songs of Christmas is deeper than I can even express on the written page. "Mary ...

Created on 21 December 2018