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The Holiday Dilemma: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas? History & Holidays

The Holiday Dilemma: Should Christians Celebrate Christmas?

Each year many Christians are faced with the decision of what to do about the holidays. Can they celebrate with everyone else or should they…
Lance Ralston
Lance RalstonDecember 23, 2019
The Adventure of Advent: Day 30 – Preach on Sister, Preach on History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Day 30 – Preach on Sister, Preach on

"Anna, a prophet, was also there in the Temple...and she was very old. Her husband died when they had been married only seven years. Then…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 30, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Day 28 – Simeon Sees a Face in the Crowd History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Day 28 – Simeon Sees a Face in the Crowd

“That day the Spirit led to the temple. So when Mary and Joseph came to present the baby Jesus to the Lord as the law…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 28, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Day 27 – Captured By Christmas History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Day 27 – Captured By Christmas

“Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them often” (Luke 2:19). All mothers keep “baby books.” But Mary’s journal of Jesus’…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 26, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Boxing Day – Share What You Know; Give What You Have History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Boxing Day – Share What You Know; Give What You Have

“When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, 'Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 25, 2018
Christmas Day – Scary Christmas or Merry Christmas? History & Holidays

Christmas Day – Scary Christmas or Merry Christmas?

“There were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 25, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Christmas Eve – Emmanuel at Street Level History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Christmas Eve – Emmanuel at Street Level

"And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 24, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Day 23 – Can I Get a Hallelujah? History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Day 23 – Can I Get a Hallelujah?

“Suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: 'Glory to God in the highest and on earth…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 22, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Day 22 – Just to Be Perfectly Clear History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Day 22 – Just to Be Perfectly Clear

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 22, 2018
Perspective on the “X” in X-Mas History & Holidays

Perspective on the “X” in X-Mas

In the Greek alphabet the letter X (chi) may be used as an abbreviation for Christ, a symbol of the anointed Messiah. When you see…
Dave Shirley
Dave ShirleyDecember 22, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Day 21 – When One Name Won’t Do History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Day 21 – When One Name Won’t Do

“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and shall bring forth a son, and shall call His name Jesus” (Luke 1:31). “She shall bring…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 21, 2018
‘Tis the Season to Be Vulnerable Christian Living

‘Tis the Season to Be Vulnerable

Christmas time is often marked by cards with perfect family pictures on the cover. Everyone smiling, everyone wearing cute Christmas sweaters. The perfect family on…
Jody Ponce
Jody PonceDecember 21, 2018
The Adventure of Advent: Day 20 – The Endless Act of Worship History & Holidays

The Adventure of Advent: Day 20 – The Endless Act of Worship

"Joseph went up from Nazareth to Bethlehem with Mary his fiancée who was clearly pregnant” (Luke 2:4-5). Note Joseph and Mary's experience. Whether they took…
Bill Welsh
Bill WelshDecember 20, 2018
The Difference Between Providing Opportunities & Keeping Responsibilities Christian Living

The Difference Between Providing Opportunities & Keeping Responsibilities

I buckled my seat belt across my hips, sat back in my seat and rested my head back on the head rest. I had never…
Shannon Quintana
Shannon QuintanaDecember 20, 2018
Christmas: God’s Great Rescue Mission History & Holidays

Christmas: God’s Great Rescue Mission

"'She will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He will save His people from their sins.' … All this…
Brian Brodersen
Brian BrodersenDecember 19, 2018
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