Tag: Gifts
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A Prayer for Christmas Morning
Father in Heaven, We thank you for Christmas, and we thank you for gifts, good food, and family fun. But while these things are nice things, they cannot do any ultimate good to us because they cannot take away our sins. What is ultimate is that your Word, the eternal Christ, took on flesh in […]
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Don’t Hide Behind Your Giving
In my last post, I talked about taking Jesus literally when he tells us to sell everything and give to the poor. One frustration that I have with the Christian American Dream is that sometimes we are urged, albeit unknowingly, to “hide behind your giving.” Let me explain: Some people think that giving lots of […]
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God’s Party and Our Praise
God is going to start a party with the best food and finest wine. Isaiah 25:6 says, “On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine.” I imagine that there will be some decent music at this party as well (because every […]
JAMES PRUCH 