With Christmas just a few days away, the holidays’ chaos, busyness, and stress are at peak intensity. Between finishing up work, decorating, cooking, cleaning, traveling, shopping, and family… most people feel burnt out and exhausted before they even reach December 25th! But isn’t it interesting tha
This is an encore post from a couple of years ago which was wildly popular. Enjoy! I don’t know about you, but I’ve noticed that most Christmases start around Thanksgiving and finally end around Valentine’s Day. Why? Because we get hooked on hyper-flavoring, fats, sweets, and salts. Our notion of veggies looks more like mushy … Continued
Merry Christmas from the Lauries! “So the Word became human and made his home among us” (John 1:14 NLT). To God be the glory!
The night sky is filled with clusters of stars both bright one and little ones. How can a star pinpoint something here on the earth?
In time for Advent, Dallas Theological Seminary President Mark Yarbrough has released a new Christmas devotional that uses the whole Bible to explain the significance of the nativity story. Titled Tidings of Comfort and Joy: 25 Advent Devotionals Leading to Christmas, the devotional book was released in October by Lexham Press. Amid the hustle and bustle … Continued
Jesus was born! Then angels showed up and announced the good news of great joy. This announcement was for all the world to know.
Every December we decorate for and celebrate Christmas. The gift of God to the whole world was the new baby Jesus who was born in a stable.
Journey with me to Bethlehem, will you? As we travel through the days of this most miraculous month of the year, rather than going to the mall together – let’s travel to the place of miracles … to the place of the angel’s song … and to the place where the Baby was born. I’d … Continued
By Greg Laurie – Join us for a special Harvest at Home event called “A California Christmas,” with a message shot on the beach.
Matthew 1:23 says, “…they shall call his name Immanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. ” I love this name for Jesus because it encapsulates the idea that God (GOD!) came down and became one of us. He chose to partner with humanity, to become a part of it, in order to bring about the salva
