And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy…..
We live between the poles of birth and death. One filled with possibility and one with regret. For the materialist, this presents a bit of a quandary. Believing that a purposeless universe gave birth to purposeless creatures they find themselves unable to explain why they spend eighty years obsessing over purpose. Believing that life is a crapshoot they…..
The Bible calls us to be Holy like He is Holy. A worthy goal to be sure, but sadly this endeavor often gets confused with ritual and law and we end up taking pride in our moral cardiovascular fitness rather than humbly offering a broken and contrite heart.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart,…..