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Ripped from the headlines today: “Archbishop’s $2 million mansion gone with the wind?” A story on CNN.com goes on to explain that Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory has apologized to his parishioners after he approved the construction of a $2.2 million mansion to serve as the bishop’s residence for his diocese. The archbishop moved into the
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We three kings of orient are Bearing gifts, we traverse so far Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star We add them to the Christmas story every winter and yet, perhaps the most mysterious accessories to the Nativity tale are those “three kings of Orient.” Who are they? And where did they come
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The Christmas Story we proclaim typically begins at the manger but it does not end until long after the cross. It is the Gospel Story, the good news that watchmen looked for in the Old Testament. It is the light that would shine in a darkened world, the peace that that would quell the storm…
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But Isaiah 7:14 prophesied that a virgin — which could also be translated “an innocent young maiden” — would be with child and that child would be “God with us,” which is “Immanuel.” A young virgin would become pregnant without intimately knowing a man. Even Mary knew how miraculous and unconventional this was. It was…
J.C. Newton 