Posts from December 2019
Love Gave Me Hope
Even though there is no command in the New Testament to celebrate Christmas, we happily join with millions of Christians around the world in celebrating the birth of our Savior – “Joy to the world, the Lord is come!” The familiar carol also reminds us that, “the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.”But what hope was bound up in Jesus’ birth that starry night? Our hope is founded in two facts 1) Jesus (God…
Love Brought Me Peace
Every year at this time we hear Linus (in the Charlie Brown Christmas special) recite the verse from Luke 2 of the King James version – “Peace on the earth, goodwill to men.” We sing it in the carol “It Came Upon A Midnight Clear.” BUT clearly the people of earth did not experience peace the day that Jesus was born and there is anything but peace on earth today. So, what were the angels declaring that night so long…
Love Set Me Free
The Gospel is all about living in freedom—being freed from sin, shame, guilt and every kind of bondage. That’s why, early in His ministry, Jesus quoted Isaiah’s Old Testament prophecy, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed.” (Luke 4:18 ESV) Jesus made…