Archive for December 2000
The Gift of Victorious Life
What is the greatest gift you have ever received? I’m not thinking of the kind presented in wrapping paper. Christians joyously declare, “Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Cor 9:15). This gift is Christ Himself, who purchased for us the priceless blessings of salvation—past, present, and future. Three aspects of salvation As…
Read MoreGod in Us (Part 1)
Imagine that a hero was needed to save us from death, and that he had to come from the far edge of the Milky Way galaxy to do it. The trip of 70,000 light years would be hard to fathom. But if he arrived and then laid down his life to save us, what a…
Read MoreO Little Town of Bethlehem
Phillips Brooks was the minister of a church in Philadelphia when he wrote the lyrics of “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” He desired to have a special carol for the children to sing in their Christmas program. As he contemplated the nativity, Brooks recalled visiting Bethlehem while on a trip to the Holy Land in…
Read MoreMeasuring Things Differently
When we moved from the U.S. to Canada in 1982, one of our challenges was adjusting to the metric system. We were raised with cars going “miles per hour”; up north it’s “kilometers per hour.” I never could switch from fuel economy as “miles per gallon.” In the grocery store there is a whole assortment…
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