Knowing the Christ of Christmas

Hard to believe, but we have already reached the last month of the 2010 calendar year.  This means that the Christmas season is upon us where we will remember and reflect on the first coming of the Christ-child.  There will be Christmas carols sung, Christmas plays performed, nativity scenes recreated, and sermons preached on the Savior’s birth.  All this activity is good and wonderful and … Continue reading Knowing the Christ of Christmas

Without Holiness, No One Will See The Lord

“Holiness” is a huge theme in the Scriptures.  Why is that so?  Because “without holiness, no one will see the Lord.” (Hebrews 12:14)  It is terribly unfortunate that many professing Christians live as if this were not so.  They believe they have secured their “ticket to heaven” because they prayed to receive Jesus.  What they don’t realize is that the genuineness of that experience is … Continue reading Without Holiness, No One Will See The Lord