Posts from December 2017

Forgive me folks, I am going to be a touch lazy this week and allow the Word of God to speak for itself (should do this more often I suppose).  I really love Saint John, I always see him as the romantic of the New Testament authors.  What I mean is that St. John uses a beautiful form of prose to show that Jesus is all the Glory of God made human.  This Glory was before…

I hope that all who will read this already know that Christianity is about relationship with God, our Father.  A Purpose among several of Jesus coming into this world was to bridge our self-induced gap between us and God.  The Father wants nothing more than to be in relationship with us, for this He created us.  What I think is necessary to understand more practically is…

“Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” (Luke‬ ‭2:10-11‬ ‭NKJV‬‬) I love Christmas.  I just love it.  I love the hustle and bustle, I love the gifts, and I love the fellowship.  And how could I…

“… His mother kept all these things in her heart.” (Luke‬ ‭2:51‬ ‭NKJV‬‬) St. Luke’s narrative of Jesus’ life is pretty amazing when considered. We should remember that Luke, the author, was a gentile not a Jew, most likely from Antioch in Turkey.  How much he knew of all these events prior to his Call to write this Gospel is guess work, but the best guess is that…