An Unfathomable Mystery

The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh, is beyond all human understanding.

Which Christmas Spirit?

The spirit of Christmas needs to be superseded by the Spirit of Christ. The spirit of Christmas is annual; the Spirit of Christ is eternal. The spirit ...

Light in the Darkness

The Christmas scene that Anthony arranged under the altar [was] probably the most meaningful "crib" I have ever seen. Three small wood-carved ...

The Christmas Message

Emmanuel. God with us. He who resided in Heaven, co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and the Spirit, willingly descended into our world. He breathed ...

The Baby that Changed Everything

Did you ever read Bret Harte's story The Luck of Roaring Camp? Roaring Camp was supposed to be, according to the story, the meanest, toughest mining ...

On Beyond Zebra

This morning I want to launch us into the message with a reading from one of the great minds in theology--Dr. Seuss. I have here a dog-eared copy of On ...

Lord of All

The character of the Creator cannot be less than the highest He has created, and the highest is that babe born to Mary on that first Christmas morning. ...

God with Us--Year 'Round

[My husband] came back down from the attic for another load of decorations. "Haven't you finished packing up the manger?" he asked.

"I ...

The Enormity of It All

"It seems, then," said Tirian, ... "that the Stable seen from within and the Stable seen from without are two different places." "Yes," ...

Just an Ordinary Night

An ordinary night with ordinary sheep and ordinary shepherds. And were it not for a God who loves to hook an "extra" on the front of the ordinary, ...