Psalm 148 There’s an old song that imagines if cartoons “got saved.” Fred and Wilma might sing, “Yabba-dabba-do-jah!” and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles might proclaim, “Cowabunga-lo-jah, Dude!” Elmer Fudd, Yogi the bear and Kermit the frog make an appearance, too. It’s a silly song that finishes with a point about praise. “Cartoons,” it…
Christmas is a holy day, and draws you closer to the holiness of God. Read Luke 2:34
1 John 5:1-12 The church misses a grand opportunity to witness to the world when we’re quick to skip Christmas. Actually, we don’t skip it. We do a good job of building up the hype for it. It’s almost a badge of honor now to provide multiple Christmas Eve worship services. It’s not unusual…
There’s always joy to be shared when you are with someone you know loves you. Read 2 John 1:12
Complain less about the world Christ came to love and you’ll learn to love it more, too. Read Acts 8:1
Acts 7:59-8:8 I love singing “Joy to the World” at Christmas. It’s a message that rings through our celebrations welcoming the Christ child. Yes, in Jesus, the Lord has come! The hymn, though, centers much more on the second coming of Jesus than his first. As many have noted, then, it’s not quite a…