Fear Not! These Are Good Tidings!
Luke 2:10 “And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.” Suggested Scripture readings – Luke 2 When the pastor heard the...
View ArticleTune in to a special Christmas edition of The World and Everything in It
As you head over the river and through the woods, join Nick Eicher and Joseph Slife as they host a special Christmas edition of The World and Everything in It . WORLD's engaging radio news magazine...
View ArticleOur Newest Grandchild
We have a new grandchild in the Mercer clan this Christmas. Her name is Roxy, and she belongs to my son. Funny thing is, she already has a pretty strong bite! My son brought the little one over for a...
View ArticleTheologian Tells Scrooges in the Church: Christ Never Left Christmas
Scrooges in the church? R.C. Sproul, an author and theologian, says the church is full of them. They don't exactly hate Christmas but they complain about how others demean the holiday.
View ArticleSunday Considerations: Everybody that Celebrates Christmas
text before content I wish everybody that celebrates Christmas this year, would keep it as the angels kept it. There are many persons who, when they talk about celebrating Christmas, mean by that, that...
View ArticleMerry Christmas From Forgotten Voices
Hello, and Merry Christmas! Let me begin by introducing myself. My name is Alex Waardenburg and I am the new volunteer Director of Student Relations at Forgotten Voices. My history with Forgotten...
View ArticleThe Incredible Burt Wonderstone Official Trailer – Why Am I Excited About...
Steve Carell and Jim Carrey in the same movie, plus Steve Buscemi to boot? This is either going to be amazing or way too over the top to be good. I can tell you that the trailer made me laugh out no...
View ArticleNinety Mile Beach
We just got back after 6 weeks on the road, driving up to the top of New Zealand's north island. The highlight for us was Ninety Mile Beach, a deserted wild beach on the West Coast that is actually...
View ArticleCourt Blocks Calif.'s Ban on Gay Therapy
California's ban on reparative therapy, or sexual orientation change efforts, was blocked by a federal appeals court Friday. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals placed the law, set to take effect on...
View ArticleNew Martyn Lloyd-Jones Apps
In the summer of 1968, between college and seminary, I read Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s Studies in the Sermon on the Mount. It was then, and is now, spiritually and theologically powerful. Lloyd-Jones was one...
View Article14 Simple Ways to Let Christ Shine Through You at Christmas
We are often asked how to keep Christ the focus of this holiday. Some people ask because they’re trying to figure out what this whole “Christ thing” is about, others are looking to connect with their...
View ArticleObama Family in Hawaii for Christmas
The Obama family arrived in Hawaii early Saturday to spend their Christmas vacation in the president's home state. Just before leaving for Honolulu, Obama, however, indicated that he would return "next...
View ArticleWWROD: Which denominations do what well?
So, GetReligion readers, have you submitted a religion-rooted question yet to veteran scribe Richard Ostling, over at his new weblog? That would be the one called “Religion Q&A: The Ridgewood...
View ArticleVietnam: It Is Time to Heal the Wound
Clearly, there are tens of thousands of men and women who served our nation with great valor and sacrifice under extremely difficult circumstances during the Vietnam War and who are walking around with...
View ArticleObama Says Christmas for Him Is a 'Time to Celebrate Birth of Christ'
In his weekly address to Americans on Saturday, President Obama extended a Merry Christmas, thanked U.S. troops and remembered the birth of Christ as the reason for the season.
View Article18-song medley takes us on a musical trip around the world
A medley of famous songs from different countries… (via Voices)
View ArticleHey, What Did I Miss?
This time of year our schedules are filled with Christmas plays, parties, shopping and cooking. We are so focused on getting everything ready for the perfect Griswold Family Christmas we lose focus on...
View ArticleWhat Can I Do Next? versus What Must I Do Next?
Ephesians 2: 8-9 (KJV) 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. (AMP) 8 For it is by free grace (God’s...
View ArticleBook Giveaway Winners for Puritan Theology, Meet the Puritans and the...
First, I want to first thank Reformed Heritage Books for allowing me the opportunity to do this book giveaway. Second, I want thank all of you who shared and commented on the book giveaway. Thirdly,...
View ArticleTODAY'S MASS ONLINE : SAT. DEC. 22, 2012
Luke 1: 46 - 5646And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord,47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,48for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will...
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