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“Redeeming the time, because the days are evil”

There was an ancient custom of putting an hour glass into the coffin of the dead to signify that their time had run out. Better to put the hour glass into the hand of every living man, woman and child, and show them the grains of time are slowly but steadily slipping away. Eventually all shall be gone. We all complain of the shortness of time, and yet we have more time than we know what to do with. Our lives are often spent either doing nothing at all, or doing nothing that w

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder:

Do you know when was Jesus born? It was not on December 25th. Pope Julius I authorized that date to be celebrated as the birthday of Jesus in A.D. 353. Christ was born “when shepherds watched their flocks by night.” In other words, His advent was most likely in the spring-time. And no, He wasn't born in the year A.D. 1. The Bible tells us that Herod the Great ruled Palestine when Jesus was born, and Herod died in 4 B.C. - so Jesus had to have been born not long before that. D

"Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his nam

Beloved of God, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! We celebrate the consummation of God’s love for wayward mankind in the birth of Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. The birth of the Incarnate Christ is a mystery too great to understand but essential to believe, by faith, to ascertain eternal life. The babe born in the manger was all man and – yet and still – all God. Here are some wonderful Christmas musings. What can I give him,

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon His shoulder:

Beloved of God, it's the most wonderful time of the year. Merry Christmas - it is not said enough. We have replaced these words of grace with the generic salute of "Happy Holidays". The cardinal colors of the Christmas season are red and green. The color green represents the carnal, monetary expenditures and distractions that come with the holiday season. The red represents the precious blood of Christ Jesus, the Lamb purposed before the foundations of the earth. He who

"And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to

Beloved of God, the story is told of a grandfather going to market with his ten year old grandson. They both got on the family donkey. As they passed a crowd someone said, "The weight of those two must be a burden for that poor burrow." The man overheard and asked the boy to get down and walk. They came past a second crowd of people, and the man overheard one to say, "Look at that healthy man making that little child walk while he rides." These words troubled the man, so

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