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“The coming of Christ is breathtakingly good news for all who feel overwhelmed with any need,” Alan Ahlgrim wrote in 2014. “Jesus didn’t merely identify with us; he came to assume the crushing, overwhelming burden of our sin. . . .”
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The biblical record of Jesus’ birth calls our attention to two kings. . . .
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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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Certain groups in Christendom do not observe Christmas nor do they commemorate the birth of Christ under any designation. One such body maintains that no such commemoration is required by Scripture. . . .
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Some evening when you are looking at your beautiful Christmas tree, think about another kind of tree mentioned in Scripture in a passage where Paul described the impact of Jesus’ death. . . .
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“I’ve shared every Christmas of my life with the star that sits atop our Christmas tree,” writes Shawn McMullen. “I inherited it years ago from my parents.” (This is the final installment in a weeklong series of Christmas memories.)