“And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:12) I recently heard a different account of the Christmas Story, told through the eyes of a six year-old little Russian boy named Misha. He took a few liberties with the truth, but boy did it ever change the way he looked at the world around him. Misha had never heard the story about the birth of Jesus until a missionary visited the orphanage where he […]

“The goodness of God endureth continually.” (Psalms 52:1) Behavioral scientists tell us that grandparents are the best teachers of the “family values” that serve us so well through adulthood. I can certainly attest to that fact when I look at the special relationship that my own wife had with her maternal grandmother. Robbie’s Thanksgiving weekend was filled with joy and gratefulness, not so much over the traditional things on which we often reflect during this special time of the year, but instead by the testimony of a woman […]

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or his donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (Exodus 20:17) It’s hard to believe that Christmas is upon us, but anyone who went shopping yesterday can tell you it’s in full bloom. Christmas is a season when we often have trouble distinguishing our wants from our needs, but that shouldn’t come as any surprise. How many times did we hear our parents say, “What do […]

“Let us come before him with thanksgiving” (Psalm 95:2) Satan has a stronghold on Thanksgiving. Have you noticed? Retail merchants don’t play it up anymore like they did when I was a kid. They skip right by Thanksgiving and go from Halloween to Christmas. In fact, most of them don’t even close on Thanksgiving Thursday, denying their own employees the opportunity to pause and reflect on the blessings of life. There’s simply too much money to be made on Christmas for them to stop and acknowledge Thanksgiving. History […]