Category Archives: Christmas
December 28, 2008 Save the Children
download 12.28.08 Matthew 2 “History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake” James Joyce History is filled with stories like this one The Christmas story does not make sense without the killing we can’t take the killing out An evil king kills the children of his own people to protect his throne [...]
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December 21, 2008 Liberation
download 12.21.08 Liberation of Philippines In preparation for war, on July 26, 1941, General Douglas MacArthur brought the 12,000 strong Philippine Scouts under his command with the 16,000 American soldiers stationed in the Philippines. Even these combined forces were poorly trained and equipped for an adequate defence of the islands against a Japanese invasion. The [...]
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- Posted under 1 Corinthians, Christmas, Mark, Samuel
December 14, 2008 Salvation From Our Enemies
download 12.14.08 Read NYTimes article about Zimbabwe’s cholera outbreak At Christmas we celebrate the Coming of Jesus the coming of Jesus is a revelation of the love of God But how does Christmas show the love of God to the people of Zimbabwe? to those who are suffering? when we talk about Jesus we often [...]
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November 30, 2008 The Love of God
download 11.30.08 1 John 4:8-10 At Christmas we celebrate the Advent or Coming of Jesus the message of the coming of Jesus is that God loves us the sending of Jesus shows/makes visible to us God’s hidden love (9) “God is love” means that all God’s actions are loving all the time (8) Most of [...]
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December 23, 2007 All Things in Heaven and on Earth
download 12.23.07 What do we celebrate on Christmas? The giving of Jesus to us (by God) some celebrate Christmas individualistically this is what Jesus did for me but let me suggest that Jesus means something much bigger there is so much more to celebrate I want to expand your vision this morning so your Christmas [...]
