Luke 2:1 ¶ And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should…
The First Christmas Celebration Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. II Corinthians 9:15 Scrooge sternly said to His nephew: You keep Christmas your…
Whatever else we would say about Luke’s story of the angels and the shepherds, it’s very memorable. But less clear is the point. Why did…
Matthew famously begins his Gospel with a stylized genealogy. Placing a genealogy upfront like that bespoke a narrative rooted in the Jewish heritage. Starting your…
For many believers right now, it feels like we are just trying to survive. In the face of multiple crises—health, economic, social, and spiritual, just…
As I entered the hair shop where my wife and I have gone for almost 20 years, two ladies were engaged in a gleeful “1,000…
One day, out of nowhere, well-dressed men wearing expensive suits and dark sunglasses get out of Mercedes limos in a massive motorcade. They walk up…
As one comes to Luke’s second chapter, we hear of the census, but only because it furnishes the reason for Joseph and his family to…
Today my mother is 98 years old. I wrote about her a couple of years ago in “Teach Us to Number Our Days.” In that…
Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat…
The annunciation passages in Matthew and Luke are our first introduction to the way the Holy Spirit will pick up the threads of the OT…
We have heard it said that “Experience is the best teacher” to which I add, “especially when it is someone else’s experience.” That is, we…
Given the important abortion case before the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) this week, I thought I’d make some comments about the abortion issue. I’ll make…
Twice a week I sit with ten or more 17 and 18-year-olds and let them ask any question they want about the faith—freely—no question is…
Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from…
When someone sins against you, how should you fight your inner impulse to return evil for their evil? How can you respond without getting revenge?…
The 2004 movie The Village depicts a community completely sealed off from the outside world in order to protect its inhabitants from the dangers beyond,…
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD (Isaiah 55:8). Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever…
Typically, religious indifferentism espouses the idea that all religions and religious positions are equally valid. There is a modified version of this that affirms the…
