When you think of Jesus, what image comes to mind? Is He a baby in a manger, a man on a cross, the King of heaven? What if ...
Christians gathered on Christmas Eve and Christmas day to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ in many different ways. Bethany Lutheran Church in Ashtabula got an early start with a 2 p.m. Christmas ...
The 12 days of Christmas tell of martyrdom, pain, and sacrifice as much as life, joy, and salvation. This is no accident.
The cultures of the first-century Mediterranean world did not draw clear lines between civic and religious life as many do ...
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you’” (Luke 22:19-20). Here we have Jesus instituting the Eucharist and ...
Over the centuries, the Christmas story has been re-cast and romanticized into a kind of Christian mythology But what do the ...
On our journey through the Old Covenant background to the New Covenant priesthood of Jesus Christ, we have discovered some important points. First, Adam was a priest-father of humanity.
The Book of Genesis provides a foundational narrative not just for Christianity, but for humanity itself. Its stories reveal ...
Yet, it is obvious that while the case may have been closed in the court of law, it has yet to find closure in the court of public opinion.