Devotional Thought for Today – 12/20/2021
Sometimes it is better to just let the bible speak for itself.
Sometimes it is better to just let the bible speak for itself.
HEBREWS 2 Y’all are probably wondering why in the world would I lead with a picture quote from a Buddhist/ordained nun/??? Simply put the oxymoron effect, I am using Hebrew 2:3 as our text for today: How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by … More Sunday Sermon Series – 12/19/2021
HISTORY / CONTEXT One of my favorite hymns sung during the Christmas season is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. While the hymn as we find it today was first published in the mid 19th century, its origins are actually found in a Benedictine Gregorian chant from the late 8th and 9th century. History tells us that … More Devotional Thought for Today – 12/18/2021
As y’all know I/we are not Catholic and have major doctrinal differences with the Catholic Church. However it would be an injustice not to recognize when someone like this speaks up and so rightly on today’s issues plaguing all churches. NEWS PROVIDED BY / Catholic League / Dec. 17, 2021 NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2021 … More Archbishop Gomez’s Finest Hour
Question: “Is Christmas a pagan holiday?” Answer: No, Christmas is not a pagan holiday. Christmas is the Christian remembrance and celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christians believe that, in Christ, God entered the human race and so deserves the title Immanuel or “God With Us” (Matthew 1:23). Source: https://www.gotquestions.org/Christmas-pagan-holiday.html ALSO SEE:
LUKE 1 CONTEXT: With its 80 verses Luke chapter 1 is one of the longest chapters in the New Testament. Luke was a companion of the Apostle Paul and the Gospel of Luke, unlike that of Mathew, Mark and John is not based on first-hand knowledge but first-hand (eye witness) accounts. Matthew Henry breaks down … More Devotional Thought for Today – 12/16/2021
Sometimes when folks are converted they get a perverted idea that it means they are no longer the same person physically as well as spiritually. They rely upon 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.{or creature] The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. (ESV). They assume somehow … More As a Christian, is it ok to not be ok?
Romans 7:19 For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. In context, Paul is speaking about the ever present struggle between the desire to do right(eous) acts and the our natural desires that are evil. This is far from an isolated … More Devotional Thought for Today – 12/14/2021
Last week on Dec 8th, we posted a devotional on Psalm 8, that began with a quote from C.H. Spurgeon that appears to indicate he was opposed to Christmas. After a discussion with someone who read the post and read it over again, I realize how easily this impression could be left, which was not … More Devotional Thought for Today -12/13/21
ROMANS 2 CONTEXT: Chapter 1 of Romans was a great condemnation of man for a variety of sins. Here in Chapter 2, Paul makes clear to the Jewish people that they too, living under the law will be condemned. Matthew Henry breaks it down as follows: The scope of the first two chapters of this … More Sunday Sermon Series – 12/12/21
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