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The Real Saint Nick Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

The Real Saint Nick

“And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” — Isaiah 9:6b Every Christmas, it seems like Santa Claus…
Wayne Taylor
Wayne TaylorDecember 22, 2023
Christmas: The Great Rescue Mission Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

Christmas: The Great Rescue Mission

For much of the culture at large, the true meaning of Christmas is almost totally lost. Most people think of Christmas sentimentally. A recent survey…
Brian Brodersen
Brian BrodersenDecember 18, 2023
My Christmas Theology Was Formed by Bing Crosby Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

My Christmas Theology Was Formed by Bing Crosby

As a child at Christmas, our family crèche was placed in the living room next to a tall, lighted noble fir tree, dripping with ornaments…
Cathy Taylor
Cathy TaylorDecember 15, 2023
Advent: Jesus Our Salvation Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

Advent: Jesus Our Salvation

The Nativity Is Not Naïveté Christmas has always been one of my favorite holidays. It’s more than the songs, the city lights, or the food.…
Mike Dente
Mike DenteDecember 11, 2023
He Became Poor For Us (2 Corinthians 8:9) Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

He Became Poor For Us (2 Corinthians 8:9)

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you…
Nate Holdridge
Nate HoldridgeDecember 8, 2023
The Early Tree Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

The Early Tree

For the past couple of years, Christmas trees seem to be appearing earlier and earlier. Not in the shops that want you to buy their…
James Travis
James TravisDecember 6, 2023
Advent: Poverty and Glory Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

Advent: Poverty and Glory

It’s amazing how different our modern Christmas is from what Mary and Joseph experienced. We have holiday sales, ugly sweater contests, family gatherings, Christmas lists,…
Daniel Hamlin
Daniel HamlinDecember 4, 2023
8 Principles For Reading The Bible Well (Proverbs 2) Christian LivingTheology

8 Principles For Reading The Bible Well (Proverbs 2)

(Proverbs 2:1-5, ESV) 1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom…
Nate Holdridge
Nate HoldridgeDecember 1, 2023
Advent: Hope in the In-Between Christian LivingHistory & HolidaysTheology

Advent: Hope in the In-Between

Advent Shows Us How to Wait with Expectancy Sunday, December 3rd, marks week one of Advent, which is all about hope. Hope often looks like…
Riley Taylor
Riley TaylorNovember 27, 2023
A Holiday to the Unknown God Christian LivingTheology

A Holiday to the Unknown God

“What therefore you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.” (Acts 17:23) So begins Paul’s address to the educated crowd at the Areopagus in…
Justin Thomas
Justin ThomasNovember 20, 2023
Divine Presence and Peace: Unpacking the Aaronic Blessing in Everyday Life Christian LivingTheology

Divine Presence and Peace: Unpacking the Aaronic Blessing in Everyday Life

It was 1924 when the Summer Olympic Games were last held in Paris. The world had yet to feel the weight of the Great Depression…
Mike Dente
Mike DenteNovember 13, 2023
The Lesson of the Potato Bug Christian Living

The Lesson of the Potato Bug

This past spring, several friends and I started a community garden. Some of us had experience gardening, and some of us did not. I was…
Wendy Zahorjanski
Wendy ZahorjanskiNovember 10, 2023
The Inevitability of Suffering Christian Living

The Inevitability of Suffering

In this new covenant, make sure to read the fine print. Sometimes, cars explode. That’s what a fireman told me after putting out the conflagration…
Riley Taylor
Riley TaylorNovember 3, 2023
5 Reasons We Need the Old Testament Christian LivingTheology

5 Reasons We Need the Old Testament

It seems that no matter how much nuanced hinting or explicit declaration happens in churches, people still stumble over the question of “Do we need…
James Travis
James TravisSeptember 22, 2023
Would We Call Moses a Team Player Today? Christian LivingMinistry & Leadership

Would We Call Moses a Team Player Today?

Moses is such an incredible person to look at in the scriptures that though I lack commonality with him, I find myself drawn to his…
Mike Dente
Mike DenteSeptember 11, 2023
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