O Tannenbaum and O Christmas Tree is a German Christmas Carol with an Unknown Writer
The first Christmas trees were tied upside down from house rafters, with no decorations. In the 1500s, Martin Luther created a new tradition when he placed his tree upright in a container of dirt, then decorated its branches with candles.
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Staying hungry for the Person of Jesus is a Childlike Attitude of Heart that Pleases God
One childlike characteristic that Jesus may have been referring to is the fact that children are always hungry. Jesus taught that in order to be blessed one must hunger and thirst after righteousness. His promise is to fill the seeker. In this spiritually malnutritioned culture, always consuming but never being filled, He alone can satisfy.
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The Birth of Jesus - the Lion of Judah
Epiphany is celebrated as the day that this star had finally led the Magi from the East to the child Jesus. But the greatest significance of the Star of Bethlehem was not its brightness, but its part in the heavenly announcement of everything that Jesus was.
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How to Reach the Hearts of the Young
They are not little kids, nor are they adults. They are teenagers -- hurricanes of hormones and emotions transitioning from adolescence to adulthood as fast as they can in an increasingly malicious world. More than ever, parents need to oversee and watch over, not lord over, their teenage children. Yes, children. They are not 'of age' and while young, they remain the responsibility of their parents/guardians.
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Composer Charles Grant Writes O Worship the King
Several of Charles Grant's writings, prose and poetry, were published during his lifetime. After his death, his brother gathered 12 of Grant's poems into a book titled Sacred Poems. One of those poems, O Worship the King has appeared in church hymnals ever since.
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The Christian Duty is to Love and Glorify God
The goal of obedience is to please God, and to enjoy privileges. In like manner, the goal of duty is personal satisfaction and contentment, knowing what is good and right has been done, and that society has been improved.
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Reaching Out to Counteract New Ageism
The Bible says that thoughts and actions that have not been filtered through the Holy Spirit actually war against the truth of God. For anyone who is new to Christianity, this concept is one of the hardest to understand, but also one of the most important. Christians must get in the habit of ignoring initial responses in order to perform the perfect will of God.
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God Rescues People from Darkness into the Kingdom of Jesus Christ
God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love had a master plan to rescue His enslaved people. He just needed a qualified volunteer to overthrow Satan's kingdom, retrieve the keys and set the captives free. And Jesus was the only One qualified.
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Jesus is the Standard Over Which Many Men will Fall
Both in the flesh and in the Spirit, Jesus did not measure up to the Messiah that the people were expecting. Jesus literally became a stumbling block in all areas for many of the people of Israel.
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The Israelites Escape Egypt, Cross the Red Sea and Begin to Wander in the Wilderness
After escaping from Egypt, some of the Israelites said, "It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than that we should die in the wilderness." In the intensity of the moment, Moses likely let this complaint go in one ear and out the other. This was only the first of many grievances Moses would endure.
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