Bible Passage: “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they …
Introducing the Holy Spirit
Bible Passage: “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, …
Proclaiming Salvation
Bible Passage: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I …
Revealing Goodness
Bible Passage: “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth) and find …
Exposing Darkness
Bible Passage: “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.” (John 12:46 NIV) Scripture Reading: John 3:19 …
How Men Can Win “The War on Christmas”
A Not-So-Merry Christmas Years ago, at Christmastime, I was shopping at a large chain store. As I stood in line to pay, I heard a phrase being repeated with considerable …
Illuminating the Father
Bible Passage: “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in …
Light has Come
Bible Passage: “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it…The true light that gives light to everyone was coming …
You Will Call Him “Immanuel”
Bible Passage: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14 NIV) Scripture Reading: Matthew 1:23 Jesus has …
Light to the World
Bible Passage: “Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the …