This will be my last post before Christmas, so here are a few thoughts regarding Christmas that come to mind. Quotes about the miracle of the Incarnation: In the book 300 Quotations and Prayers for Christmas, Eliot Ritzema compiles a list of great quotes. Here are a few: One of my favorite quotes about the Incarnation from…
We live in a world that holds that our actions or attitudes aren’t wrong unless they hurt others. But I’ve often wondered, is there anything that we think or do that doesn’t harm or help others in some way? Take, for instance, sins of the heart and mind, like bitterness, jealousy, or greed. Don’t those sins affect how I treat…
Ezra 9-10 are challenging chapters. They confront us with the reality of sin in the lives of God’s people and challenge us to make hard choices about obedience to God. There are a couple of items from this past Sunday’s sermon that I want to clarify. Confession and Repentance bring healing: Often, Christians (and I would say…
