Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), Massacre of the Innocents, 1612 ------------------------- The most familiar day on the church year calendar is December 25th, Christmas Day, the commemoration of…
----------------------- Although Western cultural elites deny it, non-Westerners know full well that the key to the West's success over the centuries is Christianity. Eric Metaxas writes, "It never ceases to…
(...continued) And so that new truth also has a great deal to say about our next holiday, New Year’s Day, later on this week. Each New Year’s Day,…
On Christmas morning in 1892 a little girl finished opening all her presents and then said to her father, “Wouldn’t it be great if it could be…
Father and Son, 2002, Corbet Gauthier (prints available at www.artbarbarians.com) ------------------------ (...continued) It was at that point that the angel appeared to Joseph and said, “Do not be…
Joseph's Dream in the Stable, 1645, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) ----------------------------- There are four Gospels in the New Testament, four accounts of the life of Jesus Christ by…
The legends of most ancient people tell of gods and goddesses visiting the earth. They come and go capriciously, sometimes showing favor, sometimes visiting disaster. They were of…
From The Word for Every Day, by Alvin Rogness, Augsburg Publishing House, 1981, page 365. Bethlehem can be in our hearts. Jesus came to this little village. He…
I remember the excitement of watching our children, and then our grandchildren, learn to walk. It’s great to watch the little ones take those first few steps. But…
(...continued) At 7 o’clock the coffee was made and the frying-pan was on the back of the stove hot and ready to cook the chops. Jim…