by Jonathan Miles | Dec 27, 2018 | Bible Prophecy, Christmas, Good News, Holy Night, Incarnation
As I write this, my children have been shoe’d up stairs for the umpteenth time. All the presents are wrapped and house is silent, at least for a few hours until one of my sleepy eye’d progeny asks what time is it somewhere around O-Dark-Thirty. Needless to say,...
by Joy Veinot | Dec 20, 2018 | Good News, Grace, Incarnation, MCOI Journal, November/December 1996, Salvation
(Originally printed “The Gift” In the November/December 1996 MCOI Journal) What is it about Christmas that draws us every year to celebrations of this holiday? What is so special about Christmas? Christmas is a special time because of the happiness it...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 6, 2018 | Aliens, Christmas, Hinduism, Incarnation, Islam, Political Correctness, Politically Incorrect Jesus, Salvation
Have you ever noticed how many people believe in a one-dimensional “cardboard Christ”? We may not think about it in those terms, but it surfaces in various ways. At this time of year, the babe in the manger is certainly the predominant Christ. Everyone...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 21, 2017 | Bible Prophecy, Christmas, Good News, Gospel, Incarnation
For I’ve grown a little leaner, Grown a little colder, Grown a little sadder, Grown a little older, And I need a little angel, Sitting on my shoulder, Need a little Christmas now (“We Need a Little Christmas 1From Jerry Herman’s 1966 Broadway musical,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Dec 22, 2016 | Christmas, Church History, Faith tested, Grief, Incarnation
“I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Christmas Bells) The poem “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” was composed...