Christmas

As we consider the frequent chaos of life in the context of the angel’s declaration to the shepherds in Luke 2:14, I find myself asking, what is peace? And is it possible to have it in this life?‌ Let me invite you on a whirlwind tour of what the New Testament tells us of this […]

Can you imagine being in Zacharias’ shoes!? The angel Gabriel appears to the right of the altar, in the position of power at the right hand of the mercy seat of God just behind the veil, and makes this declaration to Zacharias that the Lord has heard what he and Elizabeth have no doubt been

WARNING!!!! PLEASE MUTE YOUR AUDIO at timestamp 9:25-9:35 to save your ears from severe audio feedback when the kids shout MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Eternal life! Peace! The two are inextricably linked. Eternal life cannot come without peace with God. Peace is not fully realized until eternal life sweeps away the tyranny of death. The two are

He speaks, and we prosper or expire. He endures; we pass like the flowers of spring which have their glory for but a week or two then are gone. In advance he declares what he will do and nothing can stop him; in contrast, we have no control over the elements, the seasons, the march

Jesus was called the Son of the Most High because he is the Son of God. And as such he wasn’t just going to be king. He had already been Lord over creation from eternity past. After his mission here on earth was finished, he would return to the Father’s right hand where he would

When the angels appeared in the sky and declared to the shepherds the glory of the newborn Messiah, the Son of God born from a virgin, wrapped in swaddling cloths, and laid in a manger in a stable in Bethlehem, the shepherds left not their herd o’ pigs, but their flocks of sheep and goats