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Isaiah 11:6 Christmas through a Child’s Eyes ——– And a little child shall lead them. ——– It’s just not Christmas until you hear John Henry Faulk tell this story. It’s Christmas through the eyes of a child from a not-so-distant past. Just listen–and see if this tale brings back some memories and shines some light […]

John 1:5 Overcoming Darkness (Part 4) ——– The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ——– A long, long, time ago (sometime in the 20th century) I heard a story from an old pastor whose first appointment was in a small mountain town. On December 23 there was a fierce […]

John 1:5 Overcoming Darkness (Part 3) —————————— The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. —————————— There is a moment in the Christmas candlelight service where we shut off all the lights. The only illumination in the room is the Christ candle, burning on the altar. As our eyes adjust […]

John 1:5 Overcoming Darkness, part 2 —————————— The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. —————————— When I was a child I thought the darkness had power to create dangers in every shadow. Now I know the darkness has no power of its own. It is only the absence of […]

John 1:5 Overcoming Darkness ——– The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ——– The darkness cannot understand the light. It can rail against it. It can hate it. It can try to extinguish it. But it is doomed to fail, because it can never master it. When you bear […]

John 1:4 Let there be Light —————— In him was life, and that life was the light of all people. —————— In the beginning the darkness covered the face of the deep. This was not the kind of darkness you get by turning off the light. It’s the darkness of despair and chaos. It’s a […]

John 1:3 All things came into being through the Word, and apart from him not one thing came into being. ——— Christ is the Word that became flesh and lived among us. That Word–the Logos–the plan of God has been Creating, Loving, and Redeeming this world from the beginning. Christ’s work did not start in […]

John 1 God’s Plan ———– And the Word was with God, And the Word WAS God. ———– That great philosopher, Mike Tyson, once said, Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. God’s plan is not like my plan. It is still in effect. It was in effect through the chaos of […]

Genesis 1 In the Beginning, Chaos ———————— In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, And the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. ———————– In the beginning God Created… But first there was chaos. God loves […]

Proverbs 3: Veterans Day, part IV She is far better than silver, even better than gold. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; […]