Happy New Year! Hope you had a nice holiday last week. We had family visiting, 17 in total and 8 of them were kids, including 1 Elijah. I love family, but I have to be honest. I am very, very happy that the holidays are ending and the kids are going to be back in...
Fourth point: Jesus died on a cross and bought each person’s life for the purpose of worship. Luke 2 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been...
How did it come to pass that Jesus was born in Bethlehem? Let’s read Luke 2:1-7. Luke 2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of...
Merry Christmas! I can’t believe it’s already the end of the year. Didn’t this year just fly by? It felt like just yesterday when I was kneeling right there and I was being prayed over during my ordination. That was in February. My parents were here, and other family...
I close with two biblical motivations for why you should strive to free yourself from all enslavements, whether it is the fourth helping of food or to that first or second glass of wine or the twelfth cup of coffee or lust or laziness or work. First, be motivated to...