“Above all, you must live as citizens of heaven, conducting yourselves in a manner worthy of the Good News about Christ. Then...
"Joy to the World" may be my very favorite Christmas carol. I love its exuberant proclamation and inspiring melody. Of course, like most classic hymns and Christmas songs, "Joy to the World" was...
Joy to the world! The Lord is come. ...
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing" is one of the most familiar and popular of Christmas carols. Like "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus," it was written by the musical prolific poet Charles Wesley. Or, at...
Silent Night is surely one of the most beloved Christmas carols in the world today. If you know the familiar story of this song's origin, you know it didn't start out this way...
A single mom with two kids was facing some hard financial times last December. She knew she was not going to be...
I can still remember when I first heard "Joseph's Song" by Michael Card. It was during the autumn of 1988. My wife Linda and I had just bought our first stereo (the same...
In 1984, comedian and singer Mark Lowry wrote a program for a Christmas pageant at his church. His script included questions for Mary while she was holding the baby on Christmas night. Years later,...
It’s not until you’ve been royally screwed over by someone at work that you realize how impossible it is to forgive.
I had good intentions. ...
John Ruskin wrote the following in "Unto This Last."
The focal prayer of Advent is: "Come, Lord!" Remembering the yearning of Israel, we prepare to celebrate the first coming of the Messiah at Christmas. We also look forward to his second coming. And...
"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus," was written by the prolific eighteenth-century hymn writer, Charles Wesley. Brother of John Wesley, the cofounder of Methodism, Charles wrote over 6,000 hymns,...
Chris Patton takes some clues from those who serve as foreign missionaries, and applies it to his workplace. Here’s his plan: ...
Every family has unique traditions around holidays, but especially when it comes to Christmas. Do you open gifts on Christmas Eve? Attend a worship service? So many times it's the little details...
As we move through the final days of Advent and into the season of Christmas, I'm going to take a two-week break from our devotional study of Ephesians. From today through the end...
As a father, I love to hear my children sing. This would be true even if my kids couldn't stay on pitch...
People who get in my car notice the Bilbo Baggins action figure sitting in the console. With the inevitable grin, they ask...
Have you ever been in a prayer meeting when someone sneaks in some preaching into a prayer? I have, more times than I'd like to count. I think, for example, of a time...
For years, I never understood my mom and step-dad’s television-watching arrangement. Though my mom doesn’t really like sports or hunting or wild...
