Glenn Rawson

...Washington was inspired by these words, and by the powers of Heaven. He did not lie down in defeat...

...And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger...

...Then – miracle of miracles: That night as the sun went down below the horizon, it didn’t get dark...

...something a young friend of mine said. He said, “Christmas should mean everything the Savior means...

...The sun went down, but it didn’t get dark. It remained throughout that night as light as at noonday...

...The heavens understood who he was and what he was, and what he would do, and they could not be restrained from singing...

More than 700 years before the birth of the Savior, the people of Jerusalem were frightened. Their peace was threatened by a ruthless power from the north called Assyria, who was taking over country after country.

You know, I believe it is as important how we receive a gift as that we give one. Now, by way of a story, may I show you what I mean?
Joel tells the story of a Christmas when finances were strained. There had been just enough money in the family to buy brand new bicycles for his two oldest sisters, but not enough to buy one for 7-year-old Leanne. So Dad set to work restoring an old single speed, fat-tired bike that the two older girls no longer rode. With hard work, patches and paint, the old warhorse looked almost new.

...by the angel telling them this, not only did the shepherds know Him when they found Him, but in every worthy sense...

...“And in the sixth month,” Luke records, “the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth.”...