Posts Tagged ‘Christmas’
Who was praising God in Luke 2:14?
Grammatical notes on Luke 2:13 David Potter “And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,…” A Christmas meditation: it starts out pretty technically, but stay with me to the end. It will be worth it. Our verse could be translated literally, ‘multitude of the host of…
Read MoreThe Desire of All Nations
Haggai 2:6-9 Introduction During this Christmas season, many Christians will listen to the music of Handel’s Messiah. We will join in singing Wesley’s beloved carol Hark! the Herald Angels Sing or his less well known Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus. In either case we will hear musical settings of God’s prophet when he said, “and the…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web: Dec 21, 2012
Two miscellaneous items of interest: How the internet is changing language “There are now thought to be some 4.5 billion web pages worldwide. And with half the population of China now on line, most of them are written in Chinese. “Still, some linguists predict that within 10 years English will dominate the internet – but…
Read MoreA Chronology of Jesus’ Birth
Doug Wright Most believers are aware that the typical Christmas pageant contains several inaccuracies – Mary was probably much younger than we picture, the manger was more likely a stone feeding trough, the three (we have no idea how many) “wise men” appearing at the “manger” (Scripture says they came to the “house”), etc. In…
Read MoreThe Eclectic Web–2012/12/13
Alcohol Greg Laurie: Is It Acceptable for Christians to Drink? “I can’t think of a single good thing that comes from drinking, but I can think of many bad things that come from it: broken homes, violence, accidents, people killed on the road by drunk drivers, addiction, destroying your health . . . the list…
Read MoreAre Your Lights Out for Christmas?
Thomas Overmiller Do you hang lights at Christmas? I’m not talking about the decorative kind that we buy at Walmart and plug in to a timer switch outside, though this kind is festive to be sure. Jesus mentioned a different kind in Matthew 5:14-16. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is…
Read MoreJoseph: A Man of Faith
Bud Talbert Joseph, descendant of Abraham and David, was “the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ” (Matt. 1:16). This is how the earthly father of our Lord is introduced in the New Testament. Notice how careful and specific the wording is? Jesus was indeed born “of Mary” but not…
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