Malachi 2:17-3:5 For just about two thousand years the church has been expecting the return of Jesus. The early church expected Jesus to come soon. Generation after generation has expected Jesus soon. From time to time people have been so caught up in this expectation that they sold all they had and waited on a [...]
Isaiah 40:1-11 All over the western world and maybe elsewhere at this time of year at thousands of concert halls or churches or school auditoriums, this scenario is being played out. You may have been an observer or maybe even a participant in one of these events. The audience is assembled and then the musicians [...]
Matthew 2:1-2, 9-11 In a Christmas devotional, Brennan Manning makes the point that Jesus is for the shipwrecked. From time to time I take the ferry from Ceuta to Algeciras. We drive our car onto the ferry and walk upstairs where we sit in comfortable chairs drinking a soda and eating a snack and reading [...]
Colossians 1:15-23 I met last week with the Village of Hope team to create a budget from the strategic planning we have been doing. It was three days of work but we created a budget that we think is honest and reflects what we believe God has in store for us. We had an unexpected [...]
Mark 13:28-36 II Peter 3:3-14 One of the popular Christmas songs in the US is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Oh! You’d better watch out, You’d better not cry, You’d better not pout, I’m telling you why: Santa Claus is coming to town! He’s making a list, He’s checking it twice, He’s gonna find [...]
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