Monthly Archives: December 2009

Top 10 Posts For 2009

With 2009 winding down, I’d like to list this blog’s top ten posts for the year. These are the posts that were the most read via search engines. Other posts might have been read more by regular visitors to the … Continue reading

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The Old Testament’s Revelation of Christ’s Birth

The Christmas season is a perfect time to do a walk-through of the Old Testament’s record of how God systematically revealed, step by step, the specifics of the Savior’s birth. Are you up for doing that Bible study? If so, … Continue reading

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Take the Christmas Quiz

Here are 20 questions (actually 21) that come out of the Bible’s Christmas story. Take this quiz and see how you do. Each question is worth 5 points and the extra credit question is worth 10. The answers are given … Continue reading

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Royce’s Birthday

Yesterday was my youngest’s birthday. Royce was born on December 21st, 2000, which makes him nine years old now. December 21st is the winter solstice, that day that fascinated superstitious cultures enough to build entire winter festivals around it. On … Continue reading

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Big Snows, Global Warming, & God

I don’t know how the weather is where you are, but here in Spruce Pine, N.C., we’re still buried in snow. It started snowing early Friday morning and didn’t stop until late Saturday night. By that time we had twelve inches on … Continue reading

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Oral Roberts & “Seed Faith” Giving

Oral Roberts was undoubtedly one of the most famous preachers America has ever produced. He died on December 15th, 2009, at the age of 91, after 70+ years of ministry. As we look back over the totality of that ministry, … Continue reading

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Logic Demands That We Believe in the Virgin Birth

“Why We Should Believe in the Virgin Birth” series: (post #3) We’ve been in a series of posts on the question of why we should believe in the virgin birth. With the two previous posts, we learned that we should … Continue reading

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Bible Prophecy Demands That We Believe in the Virgin Birth

“Why We Should Believe in the Virgin Birth” series: (post #2) This is the second post in a three-part series on why we should believe in Christ’s virgin birth. With the first post, I explained that we should believe in the … Continue reading

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Scripture Demands That We Believe in the Virgin Birth

“Why We Should Believe in the Virgin Birth” series: (post #1) In the December 25th devotion from his classic devotional My Utmost For His Highest, Oswald Chambers writes: Jesus Christ was born into this world; not from it. He did … Continue reading

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Some Things to Remember This Christmas

An old legend tells that Satan and his demons once threw a Christmas party for themselves. As the party was ending and the demons were heading out to resume their worldwide activity, one demon jokingly said to Satan, “Merry Christmas, … Continue reading

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