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The “Perfect” Christmas Gift
Are you caught between the shipping deadline for online sales and the mad dash at your local department store on the busiest shopping weekend of the year to complete your Christmas list?Wouldn’t it be nice if there were one “perfect” gift for everyone? That certainly would simplify matters. Wouldn’t it be nice if someone gave you the perfect Christmas gift? Read the rest of this entry »
You Bet Your Life
When Judas Iscariot agreed to deliver Jesus to the chief priests on Maundy Thursday some 2,000 years ago, he was betting that Jesus was not who He claimed to be – the son of God. Judas’ payoff was 30 pieces of silver. However, that betrayal cost Judas his life. History has shown this wager was against impossible odds.
Today, many are going against the odds and making that same wager.
Just what are the odds that Jesus was God’s son? Read the rest of this entry »
Exchanging Gifts with Jesus
No one is quite sure how the custom of giving and receiving gifts on the anniversary of Christ’s birth actually began. Some say it was a holdover from a celebration the Romans held at the end of the year to honor Saturn, their harvest god.Some say it came from Saint Nicholas, a kind-hearted Christian bishop who lived around 300 A.D., who is said to have given gold to each of three girls who did not have dowries, so they could get married. Read the rest of this entry »
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