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Television audiences on the North American and European continents were treated to an added marvel of electronics on July 23, 1962, when live transmissions were beamed off the Telstar satellite. But as Solomon said, “There is no new thing under the sun.” God long ago placed in the sky His own Telstar, commonly called the “Star of Bethlehem.” . . .
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Christmas means many things to David Empson, with most of his thoughts centering on family gatherings and music.
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“All my Christmas memories are framed by the city where I both spent my childhood and where my wife and I raised our daughter,” Steve Carr shares in today’s Christmas remembrance. “And for me, nothing says Christmas in Cincinnati like the live Nativity display at Krohn Conservatory in Eden Park.”
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Harvey Bacus, who led Ozark Christian College’s Missions Department for 33 years, died on Friday. Also, Jack Cottrell’s library collection is headed to Mid-Atlantic Christian University. And more . . .
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Luke 2 describes a sky full of heavenly hosts giving glory to God because a Savior had been born. . . . Angels appear elsewhere in Scripture and bring significant news. But those appearances are not followed by a sky full of heavenly beings giving glory to God. . . .
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ICOM is selling five “portable church” boxes.
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In the 1996 Christmas program, Margie Redford’s parents included a note to family members that encouraged them to “Greet each morning with this prayer: ‘Lord, what are You and I going to do together today? I’m reporting for duty.'” The Christmas programs were a family Christmas tradition.
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The babe of Bethlehem (and Messiah of Matthew’s Gospel) is Lord of all—even wise men. Matthew devoted only one verse to the birth of Jesus (1:25) even though he spent many verses tracing Jesus’ human and divine roots. Then, a good length of time after Jesus was born, the Magi from the east came to Jerusalem.
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As much fun as it is to receive a gift, please consider that Jesus taught that giving a gift is even better, Jeff Stone writes in our second of eight daily Christmas essays. Giving is greater than exchanging.