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Background to the nativity story. A Christmas meditation.

God recently allowed me to see Jesus through the eyes of someone seeing Him for the first time. Having the advantage of knowing how the story ends, we can easily forget the cost of our redemption and the love of our Savior.

Author: Dr. S.D. Gordon

Did you ever visit the manufactory of splendid porcelain at Sèvres, France? I have done so. If anybody should say to me, “Do you know the manufactory at Sèvres?” I should say, “Yes, I do, and no, I do not. I know it, for I have seen the building. I have seen the rooms in which the articles are exhibited…

Let me compare salvation to a book, of which Jesus is the sole author. No one has contributed a line or a thought thereto. He has never asked any human mind to write a preface to His work; the first word is from His pen. Some of you are trying to preface Christ’s work, but your toil is fruitless; He…

Look at Alexander. He is a great conqueror, but what a pitiful creature he appears when the drunkard’s bowl has maddened him. What a poor thing is Napoleon as seen in privacy! In his captivity he was as petulant as a spoiled child. Consider the Lord Jesus, and it does not matter where you view Him. In…

I have read of a competition of certain young plowmen who were set to plow for a prize. Most of them made very crooked work of it. After they had ended, one of the judges said, “Young man, where did you look while you were ploughing?” “I kept my eyes on the plow handles, sir, and saw what I had to hold.”…

That was an eloquent speech of Henry VI of France, when on the eve of battle, he said to his soldiers, “Gentlemen, you are Frenchmen. I am your King. There is the enemy!” Jesus Christ says, “You are my people. I am your leader. There is the foe!” How shall we dare to do anything unworthy of such a Lord…

When you know a man, if he is your intimate friend, you trust him, you love him, you esteem him, you are on speaking terms with him. You not only bow to him in the street, but you go to his house, you sit down with him at his table. At other times, you hold counsel with him, or you ask his assistance.…

Sometimes, when a physician has a sick man before him—suppose it is on board ship—he may have to say to him, “I think I could cure your disease if I could get such-and-such a medicine. But, unfortunately, I do not have the drug within my reach.” Or the doctor might have to say to the sufferer, “I believe…

When the Moravian missionaries first went to Greenland, they were months and months teaching the poor Greenlander about the Godhead, the doctrine of the Trinity, and the doctrine of sin and the law, and no converts were forthcoming. But one day, by accident, one of the Greenlanders happened to read that…

A stone thrown about from hand to hand is self-contained and independent, but when the mason puts it on the foundation it is dependent. It leans on the cornerstone upon which it is placed. Poor tempted soul, that is just what you have to do. You must not be a loose stone resting on yourself and tossed…

the Bible is a story of God coming to rescue a broken world. Jesus is the highlight of that story

Just as a plowed field is full of life which helps to grow the plants, so too is God's Word full of life! Just as a farmer knows what his crop needs so too does Jesus know what we need from His Word!

A painting of Jesus Christ just sold for a world record $450.3 million. The painting, called "Salvator Mundi," is Italian for "Savior of the World." Most Art critics and historians claim it is by the Italian Renaissance master, Leonardo da Vinci, and depicts Jesus Christ holding an orb. Some art critics;…

Published March 13, 2013 LiveScience A newly deciphered Egyptian text, dating back almost 1,200 years, tells part of the crucifixion story of Jesus with apocryphal plot twists, some of which have never been seen before. Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of Pontius Pilate, the judge…

In “Giving & Receiving,” Bryan Catherman writes, “It is clear that God wants us to communicate with Him. He desires that we pray and ask him to meet our needs. He wants to provide for us. In order that we recognize his goodness, God directs us to ask and become keenly aware of him before he delivers…

People will counterfeit anything they can get away with, it seems. A New York woman was arrested after she was caught driving with a cardboard license plate that she had made at home. Police caught her when they noticed that she did not have a front plate to match. Counterfeits are everywhere. Jesus…