Category: A Faith in Process

“We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly: Let Him rejoice.” Pope Paul VI

“The story of Christmas is the story of God’s relentless love for us.” Max Lucado “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 NLT ********** “Christmas began in the heart of God. It…

Memories are the treasure of your heart, written in your mind. (unknown) ********** But she was greatly perplexed at what he said, and kept carefully considering what kind of greeting this was. Luke 1:29 AMP But Mary treasured all these things, giving careful thought to them and pondering them in her heart. Luke 2:19 AMP His mother…

Jesus does not just bring good news; He is the good news.  Timothy Keller ********** After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, but Mary kept all these things in her heart and thought about them…

“God chose the stable for His Son to be born in for a very important reason. You see, when God sent His only Son to live on this earth, He made a strategic decision not to shelter Him from the harsh realities of this life. God had no intention of shielding His Son by having Him…

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and…

“The good news of great joy changed the course of every silent night to come.” Alicia Bruxvoort ********** And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round…

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  John 1:4 NIV ********** ********** The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 NIV ********** ********** The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.John 1:9 NIV ********** ********** “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me…

“… And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that what we take to be evil and dark is really good and light because it comes from God. Our…

“If we could condense all the truths of Christmas into only three words, these would be the words: ‘God with us.’ We tend to focus our attention at Christmas on the infancy of Christ. The greater truth of the holiday is His deity. More astonishing than a baby in the manger is the truth that…