Think on these things (Philippians 4:8-9)
My weekly or routine devotionals.
Inauguration Day is not when Donald Trump is declared President, that was declared by the certified election results. Inauguration Day is when the President publicly testifies his allegiance in service to the United States of America. Constitutionally, Presidential powers shift at noon on this day. The Constitution requires an affirmation …
It’s that time of year, where we put our best foot forward into Resolving something in our lives that has pricked our conscience over the previous years. However, as is the case each year, not too many months will pass before many efforts diminish, Resolutions come to a screeching halt, …
“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” (John 1:5) While studying God’s Word about light expelling the darkness, I remembered standing in a big cathedral room deep down in a cavern in Virginia. Stalactites hung everywhere and stalagmites grew up from the wet, cold floor. …
Another 365 days have come to an end. When we were younger, 365 days were eternity. As we grow older, 365 days fly by quicker then ever. This is the context of Moses’ Psalm, and that we will learn to slow down and make every day count for God. I …
Here is how and why we continue to celebrate Christmas for the next 365 days. As Christmas 2024 passed into history, a stark reminder of Christmas goes on for the next 365 days. Countdowns started immediately on December 26th, and before we know it, Christmas sales will begin earlier than …
Luke 2:8-20 shows how the shepherds celebrated Christmas. Shepherds were once honorable men of God: Abraham, Moses, David. However, from historical accounts, by the time of Christ being a shepherd was not a noble profession. They had become thieves, their word was not trusted, they were spiritually unclean and restricted …
Sadly, some stiff-necked, miserable Christians say we cannot celebrate Christmas because Jesus was not born on December 25th. We all agree He was not born on this day, but is this a biblical reason not to celebrate? Nothing in the Bible says this, so I look to our world for …
We have all heard the phrase “Jesus is the Reason for the Season.” The vivid truth behind this is that there is no other reason for Christmas. The name of the season itself speaks clearly of Christ, CHRISTmas. The world knows this, and fights adamantly against manger scenes depicting Baby …
As we saw previously, there are some who discourage celebrating Christmas by trying to tie it to paganism. They assert Christmas as unjustified because it is a man-made holiday, and base this claim on the Bible not instructing us to remember Christ’s birth. This is easily debunked because the Jews …
Have you heard someone say something like this, “Observing Christmas is wrong because the Bible has not authorized it?” I will write on this over the next few weeks. If we’re not careful, as with so many other statements that are made by seeming scholars of the Word, we will …
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