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Tag Archives: Jesus Christ
A Nativity of Imagination or Reality?
The Gospels provide two nativity scenes. Luke’s gospel tells of humble shepherds heeding the instruction of an angel and worshipping the Christ Child as He lay in a manger in Bethlehem. Matthew’s gospel tells of reputable magi following a star to Bethlehem and worshipping … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christmas, Incarnation, Jesus Christ, nativity, Politics, Return of Christ
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What’s Good about Good Friday?
Have you ever wondered what is good about Good Friday? How can the things that happened on that day and the horrors of Christ’s suffering be good? How can it be good that he was falsely accused and wrongly condemned and … Continue reading
Praying in the Garden
The night Jesus was betrayed and arrested he went with his disciples to a favorite place, a quiet place at night I’m sure called the Garden of Gethsemane. It was in this place that the final minutes ticked down to … Continue reading
The Resistance to Christmas
The other night in family devotions we read from John Piper’s Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent, published by Desiring God. The reading focused on the theme of resistance to Jesus and highlighted two demonstrations of resistance in … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Jesus Christ, King Herod, persecution, resistance, the Christmas story
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What’s Your Number, Pastor?
There it was in an email I had received. I predicted out loud to my wife on our way home from church that another one was slipping away. My mind raced to figure out what I could do to tighten … Continue reading
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Tagged Chief Ben Randall, Chief Shepherd, Church, Jake Fischer, Jesus Christ, Leadership, Ministry, Pastoral Work, shepherd, Shepherd Jesus
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The Resurrection of Jesus: the Greatest Moment in History
I have been challenged to spend the next 40 days writing reflectively on the resurrection of Jesus. That’s how many days there were between his resurrection and his ascension (Acts 1:3). It won’t be daily, but I am going to … Continue reading
Code Red Christmas
Alert systems are put in place to give warnings. In the wake of 9/11 the newly formed Department of Homeland Security instituted a five-level terror advisory scale: low, guarded, elevated, high, and severe. Because that system proved to not be … Continue reading
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