The Star of Bethlehem Light has not been allowed to shined sufficiently or fully during the discourse in media broadcasts and interviews this past weekend (that I observed) as concerns the horrific mass murders of numerous children and adult victims At Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. What are some reasons our […]
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Christmas Classics
Guest Essay by Carole G. Adams The joy of Christmas is the Gospel dressed up in lights and love! While the entire world pauses in December to observe the birth of our Savior, Christmas offers lavish opportunities to rise above the world and to instruct, inspire, and form the character of our children. At Christmas, […]
A Christmas Reminder of Our Dual Citizenship
Guest Essay by Terry Paulson Over half of voting Americans are pleased to see Barack Obama continue for a second term, while just under 50% are wondering how voters could reelect him after such a dismal record of broken promises. As believers, we ask—Is God guiding us, punishing us, or reminding us again of what […]
Jesus Christ: He Whose Right It Is
Guest Essay by Mark R. Rushdoony The origins of Christmas go back much further than Bethlehem. Christmas was first promised in Eden after Adam and Eve sinned and before their expulsion from the garden, when God promised that the seed of Eve would crush the head of the serpent (Gen. 3:15). Bethlehem was the place […]
The Birth of a Classic: Handel’s Messiah
Guest Essay by Jerry Newcombe One of my favorite viral videos circulating around the world through the Internet takes place in a food court in a mall, presumably in Canada. As people are eating and resting from the hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping, suddenly a woman with a scarf on, who appears as an […]
The Prince of Peace
Jesus began His ministry proclaiming “the Kingdom of God is at hand” (Mark 1:15). Three decades prior to this, the King of the Kingdom came to earth in human form. At Christmas, we celebrate the incarnation – the coming of the eternal, omnipotent King. Paul defines the Kingdom of God as “righteousness and peace and […]
95 Theses for Reformation Today
Inspired by, and based upon, Dr. Martin Luther’s historic 95 Theses published 31 October 1517, which launched the Protestant Reformation. We offer these 95 Theses for Reformation Today to stimulate prayerful reflection, study of God’s Word, discussion in the Church and positive action for Reformation Today Our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, commanded us to: “Repent, for the […]
On The Origins of the Thanksgiving Holiday…Teaching us to Give Thanks in All Circumstances
By Jerry Newcombe How would you like to set yourself up for almost guaranteed disappointment? Despite how much good you do, if you expect gratitude from other human beings, you will often be let down. One time Jesus healed ten lepers, but only one came back to say, “Thank you,” and he was of a […]
Hope You Can Believe In
by Marshall Foster During times of fear and crisis, the great temptation of men and nations is to leave the tested and true paths of liberty and choose to follow charismatic leaders who promise to solve their problems and bring change. We have entered a time such as this in America. European socialism is […]
Take Heart, God is in Control in America
Apparently the Lord brought the Hurricanes in the east a week or so before the elections. We muffed it with stifled Tea Party people, numerous Christian leaders sitting on their hands complaining about voting for non-Believers and preferring not to engage in the election battle: 50% not registering to vote, presumably, 50% only voting, half […]
FOUR REASONS WHY CHRISTIANS MUST VOTE THIS ELECTION
God Abhors Complacency and Silence re: Unrighteousness Ezekiel 3:18 makes it clear that God holds Christians accountable when we fail to speak up for God’s righteousness to the world around us. God will hold us responsible for failing to do so. Voting is one obvious and easy form of speaking-up in accordance with this […]
Obama, Romney, Other: Who Should Christians Vote for in the 2012 Election?
Including Biblical Qualifications for Civil Leaders America is like a train going rapidly toward a cliff. The election of 2012 may determine if we fly off the precipice, or slow down enough to get the train turned around. During the past century America has gradually put aside her Christian foundations and embraced progressive, socialistic ideas. […]
WAR AGAINST WORLDLINESS
“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – is not of the Father, but […]
Now – The bad news
by Ben Gilmore Why share bad news? In my last column I predicted a Republican sweep at all levels across the nation. I added that, unless we take advantage of the opportunity as a society, to turn back from our rebellion against, “the laws of Nature and of Nature’s God”, the situation could become seven […]
Bless the Turn Around Specialists!
by Terry Paulson If you have not already summed up the Democratic talking points to usher in four more years of liberal “hope and change,” you soon will as the political attacks drone on. One that remains a liberal favorite is how Mitt Romney’s years at Bain Capital ushered in bankruptcies, cut thousands of jobs, […]