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Born to Raise the Sons of Earth
There’s a line in the carol, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!” that caught my attention this year that I don’t think I’ve noticed before. The line immediately prior, “Born that man no more may die,” has...
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What Kind of Sweet Little Christmas Picture Is This?
Have you ever noticed that when you look at a picture with you in it, you always check to see how you look first? Do thoughts like, Is my nose really that big or is that just a bad angle? or Wow, I am...
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Finding Rest in the Merry-Thon
For many, the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas leave us grateful but gassed. In the name of holiday festivities, December means attending multiple Christmas parties, traveling to see family...
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You Can Be Hospitable Even with Little
I love to host people in my home—the more the merrier! The idea of one day owning a bed-and-breakfast and preparing a meal for strangers who have traveled far and wide, preparing all the Southern...
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What Joseph Can Teach Us About Biblical Manhood
Like many other pastors, I recently began our annual “journey toward Bethlehem” by preaching from Matthew 1:18-25. During my study I began to notice some exciting—and somewhat unexpected—landmarks in...
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The Orgastic Future, the Problem of Death, and the Weight of Glory
Dietrich Bonhoeffer once compared the meaning of Advent to life in a prison cell. “One waits, hopes, and does this, that or the other,” but “the door is shut, and can only be opened from the outside.”1...
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Christmas According to Luke
It’s that time of year. Many of us are encountering the opening chapters of Luke’s Gospel afresh as we prepare to celebrate our Savior’s birth. Produced in partnership with LifeWay, The Gospel of Luke:...
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The Shocking Implications of Incarnation
If we do not understand the weight of the miracle of Christ’s incarnation, it is because we do not understand the weight of the holiness of God. The incarnation is shocking. It is outrageous to think...
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The Violence of Christmas
Do yourself a favor before Christmas. Read the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth. Then read Genesis 1-3. Then read Revelation 12. Then throw in Romans 16:20 for good measure. That’s the whole Christmas...
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Scrooge and the Death that Gives Life
Christ is alive: to begin with. If Charles Dickens had been inspired to write a book of the New Testament, I suspect that it is how it would start—for that truth is the foundation of Christianity: “And...
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