Pastor John Scripture Reference James 1:16-18

  by Rob Phillips JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (BP) — A few years ago I joined leaders of a Christian organization in a meeting with executives of a Nashville TV station. They were preparing to launch a new program catering to gays and lesbians. We asked them to reconsider.

  The inn is full already; God’s Son lies in the hay– O that my soul could enter  there and watch the night! Come, earthly men, with earthly thought and sight, Bondless  grace you win; in this straw thee weeps today Who would ever weep for us; it were an idle pleasantry To reverence a kingly cradle filled with straw. In this crib there lies what the faithful longed to see Who fulfills the Ages and shall our grief windraw.

  O sing a song of Bethlehem, Of shepherds watching there, And of the news that came to them From angels in the air: The light that shone on Bethlehem Fills all the world today; Of Jesus’ birth and peace on earth The angels sing always.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: 1 John 4:7-12

by David Jeremiah EL CAJON, Calif. (BP)–Tiny Tim was blessed by old Scrooge after he received a new lease on life. Scrooge learned to laugh instead of scowl — and so can we. We can learn to laugh at Christmas time and experience genuine joy all year, because of a babe who became the Savior of the world and the model of all humanity.

1. “I am not smart enough.” “Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.” (1 Cor. 1:20-21)

Pastor John Scripture Reference: 1 John 3:4-10

As the nation approaches the fiscal cliff, with President Obama and the Republican Congress haggling over how to—and even whether or not to—avoid said cliff, it’s probably a good time to remind everyone that high taxes are something of a Christmas tradition. For it was in roughly 4 BC that a carpenter from Nazareth named Joseph made the arduous journey from his current residence to his hometown of Bethlehem to register for a new wave of property and household taxes initiated by the Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus. Since it was uncertain just how long it would take for the government […]

   LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) — One of the most common ideas on offer in the cultural discussion of homosexuality is this: “humanity.” As in something like, “Senator Rob Portman now affirms same-sex marriage because he has seen the humanity of his son.”