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I’ve always thought of the 12 days of Christmas as something leading up to Christmas, starting on the 13th and going to the 25th. This isn’t the case though. The 12 days of Christmas start on 25th and push forward with days of celebration and feasting until January 6th. January 6th is a day that isn’t…

What Time is It in Your Soul? BC — Before Christ in Only Darkness AD — After Christ is Only Eternal Light The season of Epiphany is the season of God revealing, demonstrating, showing, himself as the fulfiller of the promise to Adam and Eve that he would find a way back for mankind to once again reside…

Epiphany: The manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as seen in the coming of the Magi *** Image: Camels and Magi. “Nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn” ( Is 60.3 ). “They shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praise of the Lord” ( Is 60.6 )…

God pulls back the curtains of Heaven to declare who Jesus is; how will you respond?

22 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. He has just fed the 5000… besides women and children. Jesus was sending his disciples to Capernaum, and he was taking time to pray and to dismiss the crowds… not in that order! 23…

Reception Uncovered — “Rejection is not the Exception But the Rule” It is easy to assume that God’s Word ought to be a welcomed guest wherever it is preached. We are also surprised when that same Word is met with apathy or rejection by those who hear it. It is also easy to conclude that when the Word…

Keeping things in context and perspective We have seen the rise of the Babylonian kingdom under Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar. Today we look at the rise of the Medo-Persian empire under Darius then Cyrus with a view of the Grecian empire under Alexander and then his generals and a pesty little horn…

Agendas. We all have them and we use them. Last week our board of deacons met and following the opening devotion and prayer, the first order of business was to get approval for the agenda of the meeting. At times, we may get off tract, but our faithful congregational president always brings us back to…

History Lesson Chapter 10 of Daniel introduces the final vision of Daniel. It is important to pay attention to context. It is a prophesy, a specific prophesy as it will impact specific people. 14 “Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for…

Reception Uncovered — “Rejection is not the Exception But the Rule” It is easy to assume that God’s Word ought to be a welcomed guest wherever it is preached. We are also surprised when that same Word is met with apathy or rejection by those who hear it. It is also easy to conclude that when the Word…

Agendas. We all have them and we use them. Last week our board of deacons met and following the opening devotion and prayer, the first order of business was to get approval for the agenda of the meeting. At times, we may get off tract, but our faithful congregational president always brings us back to…

Help! Need understanding Daniel wanted understanding, to have knowledge of the vision and God sent a messenger with the answer to Daniel’s faithful prayer request. There is so much history found in chapter 11 of Daniel, this morning we are covering some 130 years or more. Side note: there is opinion…

The glory of the transfiguration is a preface to the glory of the cross. Grace to you and peace, from God our Father and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Today is a bridge between the Epiphany season, and the season of Lent. Epiphany began with our Lord’s Baptism and the voice of the…

Introduction: The cold winds of winter are blowing. The wind chill is minus 30 degrees, the air minus 4 degrees, as I drive to “a mountain to pray.” Just minutes before, I left Jim’s bedside. The next 24 hours will tell the tale. Either the doctors and nurses were in time with medicine or they were too…

MESSENGERS UNCOVERED—THE LEAST QUALIFIED ARE THE FIRST SENT Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus demonstrated his commitment to proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. It didn't matter whether…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Today a “cancel-culture” environment has become more common than before, where simple disagreements and differences of opinion makes enemies out of friends. I recognize that I’m painting with a broad-brush,…

MESSENGERS UNCOVERED—THE LEAST QUALIFIED ARE THE FIRST SENT Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus demonstrated his commitment to proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God. It didn't matter whether…

Scripture Reading 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he…

Jesus Reveals His Glory at a Wedding Do you know what is amazing, even remarkable. It’s not that God’s changed water into wine. Rather, it is the manner in which He did so. He didn’t do so according to the laws He set down to govern what we like to call “nature.” Instead, he chose to do so by means of…

Rise and Shine! That’s a wake-up call if ever there was one. Whether it be at boot camp or at kids’ camp, those words ring out loud and clear. They proclaim that the night is over, a new day has come. It’s time to move from sleep to action, from rest to work. Throughout the Scriptures, from beginning…

What are you afraid of? If you watched the 1986 movie “The Fly”, starring Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, you will recall the tagline phrase "Be afraid, be very afraid". Search Google with that phrase and you'll get about 370 million results. I expect what we are going through right now with COVID-19…

Intro Earlier we spoke on Gods impartiality - Gods Kindness - Motives as vs 16 says God judges the secrets of men. Our deeds (actions) will be judged - Our inward man directly affects out outward actions. You know a tree by its fruit. Text 17 But if you bear the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast…

Christmas is Over—or Is It? If I say January 6, what does that bring to mind? (Capitol riots/insurrection—right for US history but wrong for Church history.) January 6 is the day we celebrate the coming of the wise men to see Jesus in his house in Bethlehem. (No, the wise men did NOT come to see Jesus…

Jesus was resurrected bodily, lives in our bodies, and is returning bodily.

“Stop the world! I want to get off!” This is the reaction most of us have when we run into a major roadblock in our day. You know that feeling when something out of your control happens and throws a major monkey wrench your way. The coffee pot just exploded; your computer decides to take the day off…