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No More Humbug

One holiday season, A Christmas Carol was the only Christmas play offered in our town, so Barry and I took our then eight-year-old son to a matinee performance. I tried ...

Do You Hear What I Hear?

Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest Heaven, and on earth peace to those on ...

The Greatness of Servants

Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant… For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His ...

The Innkeeper in Bethlehem: Living Beyond the No

For nothing is impossible with God. — Luke 1:37 The Innkeeper who gave Mary and Joseph a stable to stay in should be a model for us as we celebrate ...

Giving Away What Was Never Yours

The Source of all things is also the Owner of all things. There’s a pleasure in giving what you have to someone in need that is unlike the pleasure of ...

Expectant

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty ...

Change of Plans

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph. — ...

Don’t Look Back: What’s Stopping You?

Editor’s note: Don’t Look Back is our New Year Online Bible Study and you're invited! It’s for all of us who get stuck sometimes and need to keep moving forward ...

God Isn’t Afraid to Get Down in the Dirt

Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. — ...

The Jesus I Need

Are you thinking what I’m thinking? That given the events of the past years, Advent feels just a tiny bit misplaced? Global pandemic. Economic instability. Racial tension. Unending violence. The ...

Christ Makes Us Rich

Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich. — 2 Corinthians 8:9 What do you imagine Heaven is like? ...

Oh Come, Let Us Adore Him

Editor’s note: This Christmas, give your kids or grandkids the Bible that is the most recommended by Christian schools and churches! The bestselling Adventure Bible® comes in 5 great translations ...

Overshadowed by the Spirit

The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. — Luke 1:35 When the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary, he gave her ...

Searching the Night for a Light

So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a ...

God Makes Good on His Promises

I am here to-night to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate. ~ The Ghost of Jacob Marley, to Scrooge As the fifth ...

Show Me the Way, God!

I’m the answer to your prayer. That’s why I was sent down here. ~ Clarence the Angel, after George tells him “I got a bust in the jaw in answer to ...

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Free Christmas Bible Study!

Free Christmas Bible Study!

Advent isn't just about waiting... let's get ready for Christmas with a fresh sense of anticipation! Join this short 4-week study and get access to 4 study videos with Christine Caine and Lisa Harper and other Advent resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 12/2.