Rebel to Redeemed…Sharing HIS Kind of Love
The song is a traditional spiritual of African American origin. The origin of the song is unknown. One source claims sister Margaret Allison of the Angelic Gospel Singers, a 1950s performing group, wrote the song. However, this has not been proven. She did write the song “Glory to the Newborn King,” which many believe may have morphed into Jesus, Oh […]
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The Wise Men have met with King Herod and been sent on their way to Bethlehem, where prophecy foretold of the Christ child’s birth. The journey to Bethlehem was only six or seven miles from where they were. It was not a long journey for them. “ A road led south to Bethlehem, which was about six miles from Jerusalem, so […]
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As we wrap up this series, we’ve discussed the gifts the Wise Men brought the Christ child, the three gifts Christ gives us and the three gifts we can give to Christ. As we wrap up this series, we are going to discuss the three gifts Christ offers us. As we wrap up, there are three gifts we can give […]
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The Gift Goes On was written by Claire Cloninger and Ron Harris. Brenton-Benson Music and Lillenas Publishing published the song in 1974. The song was made popular by Sandi Patty. We are reminded through the lyrics that the gift of Christmas is Jesus and continues to give and go on even after Christmas time.
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Last time, we discussed the Wise Men’s query about the newborn. King Herod receives word of their arrival and is nervous. Matthew Henry says, “Herod was now an old man, and had reigned thirty-five years; this king was but newly born, and not likely to enterprise any thing considerable for many years; yet Herod is jealous of him. “ “Herod then […]
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We have been discussing the gifts of Christmas. So far, we’ve discussed the three gifts of the wise men and the three gifts Jesus gives to us. While Jesus gives us three gifts for Christmas, and all year long, there are three gifts we can give back to him. They are: Our hearts—Jesus wants our hearts. The first step is […]
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Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming is a Christmas carol of German origin. The carol was originally known as “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” which means a rose has sprung up. The rose in the text is symbolic of the Virgin Mary. The original hymn had two verses, expressing the prophecy of Isaiah in the first verse and the symbolism […]
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Last time, we talked about the Wise Men journey to find the newborn, King of the Jews. They did not question, but believed. They expect to find everyone worshipping this child, but arrive to discover no one knows where the child is. Scripture tells us that the word of their arrival quickly reached Herod and he was terrified. He was […]
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Last week, we discussed the gifts the Wise Men brought to the Christ Child and the meaning behind these gifts. However, these are not the only gifts of Christmas. There is a much greater gift. The gift Christ gives to each of us. Christmas has a greater and deeper meaning. It is about the gift Jesus gave to us, when […]
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While by My Sheep was a traditional German carol by Nach Friedrich von Spee. The hymn was written in 1623 and known as Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht. Hugo Jüngst arranged the text to a traditional German melody. Theodore Baker translated the carol into English.
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Last time, we took a look at who the wise men were. Matthew does not tell us how many wise men there were or their names. However, Armenian tradition identifies the “Magi of Bethlehem” as Balthasar of Arabia, Melchior of Persia, and Gaspar {Caspar} of India. The Western Christian Church has accepted this tradition and regards these three men as saints. The wise men have […]
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The Wise Men approached the Christ Child and worshipped him first and foremost. More than anything the Lord wants us to spend time with him. We can worship him in so many ways whether through prayer, Bible reading, music, dancing, the written word, nature or silence the Lord is waiting for us to spend time with him. Once the Magi […]
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A Christmas Carol was written and composed by Charles Ives in 1897. The song appeared in his collection 114 songs which was published in 1922. He self-published these never before seen songs. By the early 1920s, he decided to publish more than 150 abandoned compositions. Charles Ives was born in 1874 in Danbury, Connecticut. His love of music was inherited […]
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HaShem is used for the name of the Lord, as a replacement to speaking his given name. The Jews did not want to blaspheme the name of the Lord or show irreverence. “The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses.” {Leviticus 24:11} “If you do not carefully follow all the […]
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Earlier this year, I decided to try something new and write at least three gratitude’s a day. Many days I had even more. As a melancholy personality, I realized how much this lifted my spirits, outlook on situations and overall mood. There is so much we take for granted, but even little things we can find to be grateful for. […]
Read more In the past years, we have studied the eyewitness to Christmas from the viewpoint of the Virgin Mary, Elizabeth and Zacharias, Joseph, and the angels. This year, we are going to journey with the Wise Men or Magi to visit the Christ Child. “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem village, Judah territory— this was during Herod’s kingship—a band of scholars […]
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This is a beautiful Thanksgiving hymn, which has often been forgotten and overlooked. The hymn is often known as “We Praise Thee O Lord For The Bountiful Harvest“. The hymn was written by famed hymnists, Fanny Crosby. Fanny Crosby wrote well over 8,000 hymns and is considered a prolific hymnists. She was blinded at the age of six weeks and […]
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Yahweh- Qanna means the Lord is jealous. The word derives from the Hebrew kanna. The Lord tells us he is a jealous and envious God. “Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth […]
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Martha and Mary were sisters and their brother was Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the grave. While the other women we have visited are seen traveling with Jesus and his disciples and ministering to them, all the mentions of Martha and Mary reveal Jesus visiting them or in the area where they lived. We’ve already looked at the meaning of […]
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In Bible Study, we have been discussing forms of worship. We discussed many various forms such as laughter, tears, music and the spoken word. However, no matter how much I prayed and asked the Lord for guidance in preparing Bible Study a few weeks ago I was only met with silence. I attributed this to the grief I was experiencing […]
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