Theology
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Happy Santa Claus Day! Didn’t you know? Really? Sorry about that. I thought everyone knew about Santa Claus Day. My bad. Yes, good, friends, today is really Santa Claus Day. Well, actually, it’s called the Feast of St. Nicholas and is celebrated every December 6th around the world in churches that celebrate such events. This
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Light two purple candles Read: Micah 5:2-5 —– The first week of Advent was a celebration of Jesus as the Light that came from God into a darkened world. For four hundred years the Israelites had waited for the Lord to speak to them and fulfill His promise to bring the messiah. Isaiah prophesied that
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Light two purple candles Read: 1 Cor. 15:51-56 —– Death is never expected. Sure, you can expect a person to die one day, maybe if they are ill or close to dying, but that actual moment of death can never be predicted. Death is tough. Death is certain. I remember when we buried my grandfather,
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Light two purple candles Read: Isaiah 40:3-5 A voice of one calling: “In the desert prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And
J.C. Newton 