It’s Christmas Eve once again and many homes all over the world honor a long-standing family tradition. Maybe yours does? Some homes will recite some appropriate Christmas story with everyone gathered by the hearth to hear daddy read, “‘Twas the night before Christmas …” Other families may conduct a more elaborate tradition and actually act … [Read more…]
J. Hudson Taylor, the founder of the former China Inland Mission, now the Overseas Missionary Fellowship, was conversing with a young missionary who was prepping to begin his ministry in China. “Look at this,” Hudson invited, and with this he pounded his fist on the table between them. Usually, this would’ve been no big deal, … [Read more…]
I wonder what advice the Galilee branch of Bright Hope Pregnancy Support Centers, if it had been in existence 2000 years ago, would’ve given Mary if she had knocked on its compassionate door. “Come on in, Mary. Tell us your story. We’re here to help and tell you that God loves you, and will forgive … [Read more…]
The calendar has brought us to the doorstep of another Christmas season when our minds grapple with such questions as this one: “Who would’ve ever guessed that God would lay down His infant Son into an animal’s feeding trough within some lowly and even inglorious stable? Wouldn’t we have expected a king to be born … [Read more…]
Time is running out. We’re all familiar with the practical ramifications when the clock runs out: When we were in elementary school, our moms would casually remind us, somewhere around 7:30pm, “15 more minutes before lights out.” When we became high school seniors and some of us took those miserable SAT’s as part of our … [Read more…]
