The END IS NEAR! Yes, 2025 is almost over. It’s often good to look back and reflect on things.
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The End Is Near!
Author: Gene Slavit
We went to the Lutheran church a block from our home for the Christmas Eve service. We enjoyed the carol singing and candle lighting last year and did it again for the joy in remembering Christ’s birth with others. I did notice the confusion that exists on Who God is, and who His Son is.
Let’s look at some truths about Christ’s birth and how God rescued His Son.
Let’s look at 10 truths about Christ’s birth and the Magi, or Wise Men.
Let’s look at 10 truths about Christ’s birth and faithful believers who waited for his first coming. God worked in these humble and steadfast believers to confirm His Son’s birth.
Let’s look at 10 truths about Christ’s birth and the shepherds who came to see him in Bethlehem.
Let’s look at 10 truths about Christ’s birth in Bethlehem from the gospel of Luke:
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Joy in the Lord
One day over a year ago, I was sitting with our granddaughter and she began to sing a little tune: “Down by the bay, where the watermelons grow.” I’d never heard it before, so I looked it up online. I found it among a half-hour video with lots of fun songs. Eventually that song collection became one of our favorites, even playing it when driving to and from her home in our car [yes, we have our very own car seat just for that purpose].
That reminds me of finding joy in the Lord and singing in our hearts each day. Jesus was full of joy and wanted us to have that joy too.
The Devil likes to make up terms to push his ideas. “Gender dysphoria” is a made-up name for people who don’t believe they are what God made them to be. I’ve taught language for years, and “gender” used to be a term only used for classifying nouns, adjectives, and participles. It has nothing directly to do with sex. God made “men and women,” as Jesus said in Mark 10:6: “But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.” People who deny God and his creation, deny their own bodies:
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Co-workers in the Gospel
Sherry and I went to a holiday party last night for our school faculty and staff. It was fun to chat with co-workers and get to know them and their spouses better. Did you know that WE are also “co-workers” with God and other believers as we preach the gospel to reconcile men and women back to God?