Christianity for Today 2

This is the final day of 2019.  Tomorrow we initiate a new calendar filled with new opportunities and challenges.  I always find it helpful as one year closes and another begins to take some time just to review what happened and to anticipate what might lie ahead.  I thought I would invite you to sit in with me as I processed 2019 and looked forward to 2020. This past year was filled with increased international tensions.  Hong Kong became a focal point for those seeking a more democratic voice.  Tensions grew as the demonstrators became more bold with their demands, while the Beijing government made threats, yet often backed away.  The matter of the future of Hong Kong is still unresolved as we enter into 2020.  Question for 2020: Will the Chinese government yield to the demands of the demonstrators or will they come down with an iron fist?  And, if they yield, will this cause others within China itself to demand similar concessions?  Another flashpoint was the Middle East.  To be

Oh there is so much about which I could write this afternoon.  The vote will soon occur within the United States House of Representatives on the two articles of impeachment against President Trump.  It would appear, barring some unforeseen turn of events, that he will become the third President to be impeached, the other two being Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.  We could also talk about the recent elections in Great Britain that really turned the tables on British Parliament and the entire Brexit position.  We could also write about the continuing unrest in Hong Kong and how the democratic movement there simply will not die.  And, of course, here in Minnesota the topic for discussion is whether the Vikings, with two games remaining, will be able to make the playoffs.  But, this is the week before Christmas and I want to focus this afternoon on the second greatest miracle recorded in human history, that of the Incarnation.  [Note: in my humble opinion, the greatest miracle is that o

We are well into the Advent Season.  It is a time of children's programs and music concerts.  It is the season when Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim come to life on theater stages in every major city.  It is also the season when everyone becomes a ballet enthusiast as the strains from The Nutcracker fill the stages of many an auditorium.  Carolers stroll through the corridors of shopping centers rendering joyously those familiar Christmas songs we knew as children.  The stories of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman, although decades old, seem to have a continually new audience of listeners.  And yes, the Hallmark Channels fill the airwaves with nonstop Christmas movies.  As the song writer said, "It is the most wonderful time of the year!" But let us not forget that Christmas is also about life - the life Jesus Christ came to give to us.  This past week the United States Supreme Court handed the American people a wonderful gift concerning

I trust you had a blessed Thanksgiving as you celebrated with family and friends.  And I trust you found much for which to praise the Lord.  His praise should constantly be upon our lips.  If it is not, then perhaps we need to check to see what our spiritual temperature is.  I received an article posted on the Answers in Genesis website.  You might remember that this is the organization that brought the Ark and the Creation Museum into reality.  (I have not visited the Creation Museum, but I have the Ark Encounter.  That is one of the most amazing places ever.  Its size is overwhelming.  The engineering details are mind-boggling, even for today's engineering standards.  Then one stops to consider the story of Noah and his family occurs millenniums before us.  The blueprint of the Ark was certainly created by God, then assembled by Noah and his team of three sons).  This article was written by Ken Ham and can be found at: www.answersingenesis.org/sanctity-of-life/its-called-Darwin