Wednesday, December 24, 2003

NYC Schools Given Lumps of Coal for Banning Nativity Scenes "It's not often that public officials come up with a way to insult every major monotheistic religious tradition in America in a single policy declaration, but the endlessly creative bureaucrats at the New York City public school system have pulled it off," added Hasson. "They had plenty of competition for this year's Ebenezer Award, but won it going away." How does Jesus handle an issue like this? See Colossians 2:15 12:42:21 PM    comment

THERE COMES into the world one who is announced as the world's Savior and the Prince of Peace[~]and this leads immediately to the murder of children. It is almost as though the forces of evil, recognizing the extreme menace to their authority which the coming of Jesus portended, intensified to a new pitch of viciousness their determination to destroy the good. -- Michael Stancliffe, "Wise Men's Faith," in Stars and Angels Source: Christmas Quotations from Martin Luther, Kierkegaard, and Augustine Why does a little baby named "Jesus" cause so much fear in our world? The inn keeper didn't want Jesus in his inn. King Harod didn't want Jesus in his kingdom. And still 2000 years later people in authority don't want Jesus in their institutions. Could it be it's because what the Angel Gabriel said to Mary about Him is true? -- Luke 1:33 11:27:14 AM    comment

Daily Devotional: Colossians 3:3 . . . your life is hidden with Christ in God We talk as if living a sanctified life were the most uncertain and insecure thing we could do. Yet it is the most secure thing possible, because it has Almighty God in and behind it. -- Oswald Chambers 8:06:06 AM    comment

Memory verse: James 5:16 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. 7:57:41 AM    comment