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  • "The Firstborn Son Is Presented in the Temple" (Sermon for the First Sunday after Christmas, on Luke 2:22-40)

    12/25/2021 10:11:59 PM PST · by Charles Henrickson · 3 replies
    stmatthewbt.org ^ | December 26, 2021 | The Rev. Charles Henrickson
    “The Firstborn Son Is Presented in the Temple” (Luke 2:22-40) Yesterday was Christmas, and now we’re into the days after Christmas. For us, these days mean eating leftovers, returning gifts that don’t fit, and taking down the decorations. But what about for Jesus? What did the days after his birth mean for him? Our text is one the few places we have an account of what happened during that time. It’s the story of what happened forty days after his birth, when “The Firstborn Son Is Presented in the Temple.” Actually, the first event after Christmas we have is found...
  • The Race Of Jesus: Unknown, Yet Powerful

    12/25/2013 7:48:44 AM PST · by madison10 · 168 replies
    Monroe Evening News ^ | 12/25/2013 | AP
    For two thousand years, he has been worshiped and adored. Multitudes look to him each day. And yet nobody really knows the face of Jesus. That has not stopped humanity's imagination, or its yearning to draw Jesus as close as possible. So when this Christmas season brought a torrent of debate over whether Jesus was a white man, it struck a sacred nerve. "That statement carries a whole lot of baggage," said Rockwell Dillaman, pastor of the Allegheny Center Alliance Church in Pittsburgh. "Political baggage, spiritual baggage, emotional baggage. Especially in a culture like ours where the relations of white...
  • Newborn lion cubs die in Hamas-run zoo in Gaza

    11/21/2013 5:36:05 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 10 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Nov 21, 2013 11:35 AM EST
    Gaza authorities say two newborn lion cubs just unveiled by Hamas as prized additions in a zoo they run have died. Mohammad Abdel-Rahman, the acting manager of the Beit Lahiya zoo in northern Gaza, said Thursday the cubs died of an unspecified illness. He said the zoo's staff was unable to save them because they lacked experience in caring for newborn cubs. …