December 2009
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Can Your Toilet Brush Slay Giants?
The Bible is full of reluctant heroes, an endless procession of people saying “who me? How about someone else?”
…And then there’s David.
David exhibits this bizarre combination of being chosen to lead and choosing to be a leader. On the one hand, David was the least likely candidate chosen to be king (the youngest of seven other brothers whose daily highlight consisted of watching sheep...
“Business!” cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. “Mankind was...”
– - Excerpt from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Christmas for the Culture of NOW...
We belong to the culture of NOW…
The instant gratification culture.
We have everything we need without ever having to wait for it.
Some might say we’re a culture who doesn’t know how to wait.
But thousands and thousands of years ago, a culture waited for one day they knew would change EVERYTHING.
They longed
They hoped
They anticipated
Emmanuel: God with us…
It was something...