Let me wish you a very Happy New Year. Can you believe it? We are standing in the doorway of a brand-spanking new year. And I am sure many of you have already made some New Year’s resolutions. I was looking at the sale ads in the Sunday paper and I noticed there are a [...]
Can you believe it? Christmas will be here in just four days. Where has December gone? I remember when I was a young child, the night before Christmas seemed like it took a whole year to get here and now, an entire month has flown by. Christmas … what does Christmas mean to you? For [...]
“O Little Town of Bethlehem” is a favorite Christmas carol of many. But I wonder if we know why it was written? It seems that Bethlehem shouldn’t even be considered because it was just a small town when Jesus was born. As a matter of fact, there were about 30,000 people living in Bethlehem. That [...]
The Christmas Hymn, “O Holy Night” was written by Placide Cappeau (1808-1877) and then translated from French to English by John Sullivan Dwight (1813-1893). Cappeau, a wine merchant of Roquemaure, France wrote poems for his own enjoyment and was asked by the church to write this poem. It was later put to music by Composer [...]
Here we go…. We have now “officially” entered “the holiday season.” Thanksgiving is past, Black Friday has come and gone, cyber-Monday is also over and we are moving full-steam ahead into Christmas and the New Year. I cannot believe it’s that time of the year already. My how time flies the older we get. So…as [...]
Sunday morning, Nov. 18, I preached a message entitled, “Stick With the Plan” based on the book of Esther. One of the points I made was that God has you where you are to fulfill His will in your life, to bless others and to bring honor and glory to Him. Esther was at the [...]
In 1979, Pat Benatar sang a song entitled, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot!” Many times we realize that life isn’t easy, some days it’s just a battle to survive and in the best of circumstances life can be very difficult. You can be cooling your heels in the blue waters of the Caribbean and [...]
From the day that Jesus was born, He lived “in the shadow of the cross.” The cross was never absent from His mind, it was never far from His soul, it was never out of His heart. Jesus came into this world to die on the cross to pay our sin debt. In doctrinal terms, [...]
