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A Changed Heart
Each year at this time thousands of people participate in Prison Fellowship’s Angel Tree program. The names of the children of inmates are placed as “angel ornaments” on Christmas trees in churches, businesses, and shopping malls. Along with each name … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Change, Children, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Doing Good, God's Word, God's Work, Grace, Influence, Ministry, Missions, Motherhood, Restoration, Salvation, Scripture, The Gospel, The Heart
Tagged angel tree, Christmas, Ezekiel 36:26-27, gifts for the children of inmates, I will give you a new heart, jesus, Mary Kay, Mary Kay angel tree, Mary Kay Beard, Prison Fellowship, Prison Fellowship angel tree, prison ministry
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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
Posted in Angels, Bible Study, Christ's Birth, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Scripture, The Bible, Virgin Birth
Tagged Bible, Bible trivia, Christmas, Christmas quiz, how well do you know the Bible's Christmas story?, jesus, Joseph and Mary, the birth of Christ, the shepherds, the wise men
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What Two Boys Can Teach Us About Christmas
One of my favorite Christmas illustrations is a true story that took place many years ago in Paines Hollow, New York. There was a thirteen-year-old boy who attended Mohawk Central School in that city. One year, at Christmastime, he heard … Continue reading
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
Posted in Children, Christ's Birth, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Complaining, Divorce, Family, Giving, Husbands, Marriage, Parenting, Wives
Tagged Christ's birthday, Christmas, death at Walmart, live peaceably with others, more blessed to give than receive, things to remember at Christmas
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Christmas Trees, Santa, Bing Crosby, & Charlie Brown
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #3) We’re in a series on the origins of our Christmastime traditions. With the first post, I covered the subjects of the winter solstice and Saturnalia. With the second, I explained the effect the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Series: "The Origins of the Christmas Holiday"
Tagged Blue Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas, Christmas trees, Clement C. Moore, Frosty the Snowman, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, origins of Christmas trees, origins of Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, Thomas Nast, Washington Irving, White Christmas
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The Winter Solstice & Saturnalia
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #1) Let’s face it, Christmas is a weird holiday. What does the baby Jesus have in common with a fat man in a red suit who rides a sleigh pulled by reindeer? … Continue reading
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
Posted in Angels, Bible Study, Christ's Birth, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Scripture, The Bible, Virgin Birth
Tagged Bible, Bible trivia, Christmas, Christmas quiz, how well do you know the Bible's Christmas story?, jesus, Joseph and Mary, the birth of Christ, the shepherds, the wise men
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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
Posted in Children, Christ's Birth, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Complaining, Divorce, Family, Giving, Husbands, Marriage, Parenting, Wives
Tagged Christ's birthday, Christmas, death at Walmart, live peaceably with others, more blessed to give than receive, things to remember at Christmas
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Christmas Trees, Santa, Bing Crosby, & Charlie Brown
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #3) We’re in a series on the origins of our Christmastime traditions. With the first post, I covered the subjects of the winter solstice and Saturnalia. With the second, I explained the effect the … Continue reading
Posted in Catholicism, Christmas, Christmas Traditions, Series: "The Origins of the Christmas Holiday"
Tagged Blue Christmas, Charlie Brown Christmas, Christmas, Christmas trees, Clement C. Moore, Frosty the Snowman, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, origins of Christmas trees, origins of Santa Claus, Saint Nicholas, Santa Claus, Thomas Nast, Washington Irving, White Christmas
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The Winter Solstice & Saturnalia
“The Origins of the Christmas Holiday” series (post #1) Let’s face it, Christmas is a weird holiday. What does the baby Jesus have in common with a fat man in a red suit who rides a sleigh pulled by reindeer? … Continue reading
The Disciple's Road 