What? You’re still thinking About Christmas all these days later. Absolutely. I like to think of it as Christmas week, to give us more time to absorb, and digest (literally and figuratively) and celebrate such a magnificent occasion as the birth of our Savior, to let it sink in into our souls to a greater … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2013
The Illuminator versus the eliminator
Christ is that Light that “illuminates” every one who comes into the world. But the antichrist is that one who tried to “eliminate” that One who was to come into the world. From Herod to Hitler and beyond the antichrist want to at least shut down the expression of Christ in the world since he … Continue reading
Christmas Thoughts
It’s a wonderful thing about Scripture that it yields new insights and meaning with repeated readings of the same text. That way it never gets old, another reason I don’t especially like identifying the first testament as the “old” testament. Case in point, look at the context for the famous passage in Isaiah 9 about … Continue reading
As much a Human
Jesus is still as much a human as we are. He didn’t stop being human when he ascended. (He ascended from earth with a cloud (Acts 1 v.9) and Daniel saw Him coming into heaven with clouds (Daniel 7 v.13) Clouds from both sides now.* Since He’s fully human, he may even be more human … Continue reading
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