How Not to Gossip During the Holidays
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“What started as a lighthearted recounting of experience may turn into a critical review of someone’s motives and actions…. There can be a fine line between storytelling and gossip.” - TGC
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Feast of Dedication: How Jesus Fulfills Hanukkah
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“In John 10:22–42, the apostle shows us how Jesus fulfills three key elements of this Jewish feast—the hero, the temple, and the lights.” - TGC
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Good Cheer for Christmas
Spurgeon delivered this sermon on Lord’s-Day morning, December 20th, 1868 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. (Isaiah 25:6)
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Some Little-Known Prophecies of Christmas: Part 3 – Genesis 17:19
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The Messiah was a descendant of Abraham.
More than that, we considered last time how He was, in fact, promised within the covenant that God made with Abram (Gen. 12:1-3). According to the Apostle Paul in Gal. 3:16 and 19, He is the ultimate recipient of that covenant!
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Unitarians and Episcopalians Created American Christmas
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“The New England Puritans were strong opponents of Christmas, not only because of its connections with Roman Catholicism but also because, in 17th-century England, it had become a day known more for excessive drinking and gaming than for any religious observance.” - CToday
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“More than 5 in 6 U.S. Protestant pastors (84%) say their church plans to have services on Christmas Day.”
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“Families have many traditions on Christmas morning, and most pastors acknowledge not as many of their members will be present compared to Christmas Eve and services earlier in the month” - BPNews
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Hail the Sun of Righteousness! Explaining a Misunderstood Lyric
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“Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness! …there was no misprint.” - Dan Wells
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Christmas and Our Longing to Belong
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“Since we forfeited the garden, humans have been pierced with a home-longing. We leave home looking to find home. Yet it always seems to elude us. It’s never the same if we go back.” - Desiring God
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My Three Least Favorite “Christmas” Playlist Songs
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“None of the songs I have included today on my least-favorite list are actually Christian Christmas songs at all; but they all commonly get included on Christmas playlists.” - Kindle Afresh
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