Posts with the tag “christmas”

It’s a common concern this time of year, isn’t it? How do we maintain our focus on the Lord and the true meaning of Christmas in all the hustle and the bustle of the season? But have you ever really thought about the night that Christ was born? It wasn’t a peaceful time in Judea at all. The Roman government had called for a census which forced everyone back to their ancestral towns. The entire pro...  Read More

Christmas traditions are certainly different the world over. For example, I grew up in Africa where decorating the outside of your home just wasn’t part of the holiday preparations — at least for our family. The exterior of our old mine house on the Zambian Copperbelt remained its plain, unadorned self as we counted down the days to December 25.But inside was a different matter. Perhaps it was bec...  Read More

Type your new text here. Shortly after the birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem to consecrate Him to the Lord, as was the custom. There they encountered an old man by the name of Simeon in the Temple courts. As it turned out, he had been sent there to meet them, though they didn’t understand it at the time.Simeon was a righteous and devout man who knew the Scriptures that prophesi...  Read More