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O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

God Came Down

The Manger: A Sign for the Suffering

The Manger

A Sign for the Suffering

Fullness of God in Helpless Babe

Fullness of God in Helpless Babe

The Eternity Before Christmas

The Eternity Before Christmas

What Grieving People Wish You Knew at Christmas

What Grieving People Wish You Knew at Christmas

Christmas Happened Because It Is Fitting

Christmas Happened Because It Is Fitting

You Were Made for Christmas

You Were Made for Christmas

Rethinking Santa

Rethinking Santa

When Darkness Falls at Christmas

When Darkness Falls at Christmas

What Child Is This?

What Child Is This?

Poverty, Not a Palace, for the Greatest King

One Carol, Three Marriages (O Come All Ye Faithful)

One Carol, Three Marriages (O Come All Ye Faithful)

The Glory of His Virgin Birth

The Glory of His Virgin Birth

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Do Paul’s Missions Leave Us with a Geographic Pattern to Follow?

Do Paul’s Missions Leave Us with a Geographic Pattern to Follow?

Do Paul’s Missions Leave Us with a Geographic Pattern to Follow?

Paul’s missionary journeys do not mandate how we should do missions today, but we can certainly learn from the methods he used.

God Knows Better Than You: Hope for Unfulfilled, Redirected, and Delayed Plans

God Knows Better Than You: Hope for Unfulfilled, Redirected, and Delayed Plans

God Knows Better Than You

Hope for Unfulfilled, Redirected, and Delayed Plans

If your plans have been unfulfilled, redirected, or delayed, resist the temptation to be bitter toward God and remember that he knows better than you.

Look at the Book

Psalm 1:4–6: The Way of the Wicked Will Perish

The Way of the Wicked Will Perish

Psalm 1:4–6

When you see horrendous crimes committed without adequate justice served, remember, the wicked will perish before the judgment of God.

Marijuana to the Glory of God?

Marijuana to the Glory of God?

As America legalizes the use of marijuana, the question becomes inescapable: Is it permissible for a Christian to use pot for recreational purposes?