When December rolls around each year, the most wonderful time of the year is especially exciting for us Christians. We know that this is a short but blessed time when everyone has to notice the celebration of the Christ child coming to the earth as a baby, Jesus of Nazareth. Each year, Christians pray that the Lord of the harvest would be able to enlighten many peoples’ understanding during this season, and help them decide to receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord. At the same time, we are painfully aware that most will blare through the holiday, oblivious to the [...]

With the joy of the Christmas season just behind us, we are now faced with a new year and a new question: Will we face it with dread and gloom or with faith and expectation? So often when entering a new year, I hear comments along the lines of, "I sure hope this year will be better than last year." Each year brings new challenges to our faith. If we feel circumstances where we were believing for divine intervention have not yet been resolved, the tendency of our human reasoning is to look forward with dread rather than faith. However, as [...]