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Christmas

Why Jesus came, a Christmas message

December 21, 2022 by Krisan Marotta

The angel tells Joseph to take Mary as his wife because Mary is about to have a son through the power of the Holy Spirit. Then the angel also tells Joseph something about this son. Who does the angel say this child is?

Filed Under: Christmas Tagged With: Christmas, Matthew

Christmas Carol Sing

December 2, 2022 by Krisan Marotta

Enjoy this is a 30 minute video of Reggie Coates leading 10 Christmas songs that you can sing-a-long with and be drawn into the Christmas season with a focus on Jesus.

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Have a Mary Christmas Luke 10:38-42

December 16, 2015 by Krisan Marotta

This December you can have a Mary Christmas or a Martha Christmas. In a Martha Christmas you are so frantic doing good things that you miss the best gift of all. In a Mary Christmas you recognize what is truly important and find the best gift of all.

Filed Under: Christmas, Topics Tagged With: Christmas, martha, mary

How to take the bite out of gift-giving

December 2, 2015 by Krisan Marotta

As the oldest woman in the family tree, the success of Christmas settled on my shoulders like a straight jacket. How can any thing that can fits under a Christmas tree transform the life of the recipient from misery to joy?

Filed Under: Christmas, Topics Tagged With: burdens, Christmas, gifts, joy

An exceptionally good Christmas

December 20, 2013 by Krisan Marotta

Alone and cold in a German prison, Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “I think we are going to have an exceptionally good Christmas.” As I sit in warmth and comfort, I wonder at his words.

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Where was the manger and what was the inn?

December 12, 2012 by Krisan Marotta

Typical village home in Palestine

You have seen, heard, and sung the Christmas story so often you can recite the details by heart. Most of what you know is likely “cultural mythology.”

Filed Under: Background & History, Christmas Tagged With: birth of Jesus, Christmas, Christmas messages, Luke, nativity

The meaning of Christmas

December 24, 2011 by Krisan Marotta

What is there to celebrate about Christmas? I’d like to answer that question by looking at one of my favorite Christmas stories: Job. The hope that sustained Job sitting on that ash heap, scraping at his boils, is the knowledge that he had a Redeemer who was born on Christmas day.

Filed Under: Christmas Tagged With: Christmas, Job, redeemer, suffering

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