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Thursday, December 22, 2022
December 22nd, 2022
            Not long after Jesus was born, Mary and Joseph took Him to the Temple to comply with the purification rites that the Law of Moses required.  Upon arriving at the Temple, they met a “righte...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, December 21, 2022
December 21st, 2022
           We might not expect to find much about Christmas or the Christmas story in 2 John but we actually do.  There is an important truth to be gleaned from this small, one- chapter book near the ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Tuesday, December 20, 2022
December 20th, 2022
            It is almost impossible to imagine what Mary must have been thinking as the day of her son’s birth drew near.  Any mother-to-be is thrilled with the first sight and touch of her baby boy o...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, December 19, 2022
December 19th, 2022
            Luke 2:8-9 says, “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, December 15, 2022
December 15th, 2022
           Luke presents the beautiful Christmas story in chapter two of his gospel.  It is a familiar account to most of us.  We read this story every year during the Christmas season.  It is a story...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, December 14, 2022
December 14th, 2022
            John is a standout figure in the New Testament.  He was a fisherman prior to hearing the Lord’s call to become a fisher of men.  His gospel is distinctly different from the way Matthew, Ma...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
December 13th, 2022
          Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was fondly called “America’s Poet.”  He regaled nineteenth century Americans with works such as “Paul Revere’s Ride,” “The Song of Hiawatha,” and even a poem set t...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, December 8, 2022
December 8th, 2022
             In I Peter 2:6-7, Peter the disciple spoke of Christ as the cornerstone or capstone for our faith.  He wrote these words, “For in Scripture it says: See, I lay a stone in Zion,     a chos...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, December 7, 2022
December 7th, 2022
            We know Peter as a fisherman turned disciple.  We know him as an apostle and a missionary of the gospel message in the early church of the first century.  We know him as one who cut off th...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, December 5, 2022
December 5th, 2022
            Christmas is the season of gift giving.  Children share gift requests with Santa while sitting on his lap.  Some retailers allow you to sign-up for a gift registry.  Some online sellers ev...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, December 16, 2021
December 16th, 2021
           There is a poem or writing that I always enjoy this time of year.  Each Advent season, I return to the words of Dr. James Allan Francis who wrote “One Solitary Life.”  This poem is Dr. Fran...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, December 15, 2021
December 15th, 2021
          We all know from the Christmas story that Joseph was chosen by God to be the earthly father of Jesus.  Imagine being that man!  Joseph was bewildered, overwhelmed even, by what God was askin...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, December 13, 2021
December 13th, 2021
         We often find God at work in unlikely places.  And the Christmas story makes this truth abundantly clear to us.  God was at work in an ordinary young woman like Mary and a simple carpenter li...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, December 9, 2021
December 9th, 2021
         Christmas is a time for making memories.  Christmas is also a time for remembering special moments and occasions.  Traditions are often made when someone decides that something was so joyful ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
December 8th, 2021
         The Bible opens with four powerful words—in the beginning God.  Those four words, or six syllables, are the finest theology that you will find anywhere.  Because God was in the beginning (and...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Tuesday, December 7, 2021
December 7th, 2021
        A “No Vacancy” sign can send shivers up the spine of anyone who is in desperate need for a place to spend the night.  I can recall making a long, late-night and early-morning trip of the east ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, December 6, 2021
December 6th, 2021
          At our live nativity scene on Saturday night, a number of people noticed the bright and compelling star in the sky that seemed to be directly centered over the scene itself.  Whether it was ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, December 2, 2021
December 2nd, 2021
            John’s Gospel presents a distinctly different look at Jesus than the other three gospel accounts. While Matthew and Luke begin with words about genealogy, Joseph, Mary and Jesus’ birth and...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, December 1, 2021
December 1st, 2021
Preparation is an important word in the Advent season.  It is part of our Christmas lexicon.  It seems almost like a command.  We are to prepare our minds, hearts and lives for the coming of Jesus.  T...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss

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