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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 14 views
The Great Courses offers audio and video courses on a great variety of subjects. One that is offered, taught by Professor Bart D. Ehrman from the University of North Carolina, is all about Jesus, but named How Jesus Became God. The first lesson is “Jesus—The Man Who Became God.” The professor has it…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 25 views
In a popular Christmas story, the Grinch tries to stop people from celebrating Christmas by stealing the holiday because he didn’t understand what the season was really all about. The Christmas season can be expensive and stressful, but that does not explain why the first edition of the People app in…
Dan Hughes • Illustration • • 5 views
The star was there for all to see. So how can it be that it was only seen by three? Three went seeking as millions lay sleeping. The seekers found the king while the sleepers missed the whole thing. This Christmas who will you be? One of the three who found the King or one of the millions who missed…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 2 views
Merry Noel? I am really enjoying the Christmas season this year. I've got all my shopping done, well--almost. We've made our plans and look forward to every single day of celebration and relaxation. This year, we're trying to focus on "the true meaning of Christmas." Speaking of the meaning of Christmas,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 57 views
Advent "For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 NASB Today we light the Prophesy candle. Just as we have to wait for Christmas morning,…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 12 views
Christmas Prayer Our family lives in one of the most beautiful places on earth and we are enjoying good health. We are blessed. Life is good. But if all is going so well, why am I experiencing such a longing for more? It is not an emptiness. I'm at peace and feel whole. All I can say is there is a deep…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Summer Christmas My Youth Sunday School teacher would start the Christmas season the same way every year: "This year, we need to learn about the real meaning of Christmas." She got my attention the first year she said that, but by the third year I said to myself, "Haven't we already done that." It…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 30 views
A BLESSED LIFE 1 Cor. 15:14 "and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain." In the Christmas Classic, "It's a Wonderful Life," George Bailey has the opportunity to see what the world would be like if he'd never been born. If he was never born, he wouldn't have…
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 163 views
Advent 1st Candle - Purple The first candle is the prophet’s candle, the candle of expectation and waiting. Hundreds of years before Jesus was born the prophets told people about Jesus. They told: Where he would be born Whose family he would come from And that he would be a king to save them. So they…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 12 views
Santa Claus is not “famous” in the Philippines. We don’t have much to do with him there, but the three wise men are very famous there. They bring Christmas presents, because they brought gifts to the Baby Jesus. From Olivia Melchor (name of the 2nd Wise Men) Leber, in a conversation at 08 Christmas.
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 10 views
Advent Shepherd’s candle Joy Shepherds in the field watching their sheep. An angel appeared and they were terrified. “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy.” The shepherds went to see the baby Jesus. They were filled with joy. They went around telling people about the angel and Jesus because…
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 26 views
Ronnie Foster brought me this. Do you know what this is? It is a yo-yo. At least, that is what Ronnie told me it was. It doesn’t look like a yo-yo, there is not string to wind, it doesn’t spin. It didn’t look like any yo-yo that I had ever seen. It was not what I expected to find in the bag. But now…
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 12 views
Advent Bethlehem Candle Bethlehem was a busy place. People were coming home to be counted. People were hungry. Hotels were full and it was time for Jesus to be born. But people were too busy to notice. The Bethlehem candle reminds us to take time as we look forward to Christmas.
Bryan O Clements • Illustration • • 8 views
The first candle is the prophet’s candle, the candle of expectation and waiting. Hundreds of years before Jesus was born the prophets told people about Jesus. They told: Where he would be born Whose family he would come from And that he would be a king to save them. So they waited hundreds of years.…
John Leffler • Illustration • • 16 views
Imagine a world without Christmas lights. That would be the world before 1882. Oh, people built bonfires and attached candles to the limbs of their Christmas trees (sometimes burning down the town in the process), but it wasn’t until Edward Johnson, Thomas Edison’s associate, invented electric Christmas…