In a sense, we who watch and wait during Advent are in a surgical waiting room but unlike surgical and health outcomes, what we wait for in Advent will never disappoint. It is solely good news, news that on a night so long ago, grace was born. Advent speaks to us in the waiting ro...
A Christian’s Mental Health—I don’t think there is any arguing that Jesus was the healthiest individual who ever walked planet Earth. Some may want to push back with, “Of course He was because He didn’t have any problems to deal with!” But the writer of Hebrews tells us that Je...
The priest quibbled, doubted, split hairs, as those trained as religious professionals often do. So Gabriel tied his tongue to the floor of his mouth and sewed his lips shut. This fellow could not be trusted with the truth of God. Hard to say how he might mess up the whole plan of ...
Childhood influences on adult health: a review of recent work from the British 1946 national birth cohort study, the MRC National Survey of Health and Deve... Research in this study has shown that growth in utero and early-life development were associated with a range of adult outcomes, inclu...
Pastors should instruct the officers in their duties and plan with them for all lines of church work and activity. The pastor is a member of the church board and serves as its chairperson. If the pastor desires to be relieved of the responsibility of acting as chairperson of the board, ...
We noticed his birth place, which ch ~cring. There, in the kingdom of peace, pious was Bethlehem of Judea j und his being lai,1 in a pll.rents, who had their dear children taken from . manger. 'I'he visit of the angel and the multituue them by the wicked king, will embrace ...
Pastors should instruct the officers in their duties and plan with them for all lines of church work and activity. The pastor is a member of the church board and serves as its chairperson. If the pastor desires to be relieved of the responsibility of acting as chairperson of the board, ...