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“How violently, how violently, the wondrous Gift is giv’n…” That’s not how the third verse of “O Little Town of Bethlehem” begins, of course. The line written by the hymn-writer Philips Brooks reads, “How...

How odd of God… … that the great turning point of His rescue mission should come with a whiff of scandal. Mary is found pregnant while unmarried, and she claims she is still a...

The crowds had been amazed at Jesus’ authority. Whereas the scribes would teach by appealing to the authority vested in Moses, Jesus taught from His own authority. What’s more, after coming down from the...

“I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.” These must rank among the most awful words ever uttered by Jesus. How is it that Christians who addressed Jesus with the earnest...

One telling thing that a live fish can do, which a dead fish cannot, is to swim upriver against the stream. A dead fish can only go with the flow. This picture is similar...

When I was a child, all I wanted from my parents was more toys or more time to play with my toys. I didn’t want them to bother me as long as I could...