humanity
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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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Sometimes we tend to think of Jesus as some stoic, hovering spirit-being — a man who never smiled (after all, smiling is a sin, right?) and who never broke stride. But Hebrews 2 makes it clear that Jesus was just like us in His humanity when it says, “he had to be made like his…
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We often wonder why God allows suffering and evil in this world. Why someone like Saddam Hussein could kill 10,000 people without a second thought. Or how millions could die in Rwanda, Congo and Sudan because of pure hatred. We wonder why the rich keep stomping on the poor without penalty and why the righteous…
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Human hope knows nothing. It’s guesswork. It is based on well wishing and not given fact. This doesn’t make it bad. It just doesn’t make it reliable. Biblical hope, on the other hand, has God at its foundation and is based on promised certainty, not well wishes.
J.C. Newton 