Monthly Archives: December 2019

Christmas is over for another year.  How did the celebration go?  For the retail industry this is the culmination of a big shopping season that started in October.  But many will find themselves today surrounded by gifts to be returned, tinsel to be picked up, and a tree that’s become a fire hazard?  Diets have been blown, the credit cards worn from use, and kids are now crying they’re bored.  What went wrong?  Isn’t this supposed to be the most…..

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“In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to his own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who…..

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 “This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.  Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.  But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and…..

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The book of Luke begins, “Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the Word. Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, so that you may know the certainty of the things…..

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“Do you want the good news or the bad news first?” Hmm… Have you ever been asked that question? Have you ever asked someone else that question? Sometimes its good news, sometimes bad, and sometimes it’s a bit of both. How quickly you deliver the message may depend on how important you think it is. So, do you tell the good news or the bad first? And how long does it take to deliver the message? In a rush, or…..

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