“It’s Always Christmas”
My Final Advent Entry for 2022 Hal Habecker Dec 26The Day After Christmas December 26, 2022 Christmas and the days of the Advent season...
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“JOY to the WORLD”
Hal Habecker Dec 24 “Immanuel” (“God with us”) Christmas Day December 25, 2022 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The...
Christmas Changes Everything
“Christmas Changes Everything” or “What If Christ Had Not Come?” The Day Before Christmas December 24, 2022 Today is Christmas Eve the...
The Contrasts in the Christmas Story
Hal Habecker Dec 23 “The Contrasts in the Christmas Story” The 27th Day of Advent Today I want to consider some the rich contrasts of the...
The Greatest of Paradoxes
Hal Habecker Dec 21 “Christmas Paradoxes” The 26th Day of Advent December 22, 2022 Think with me today about these paradoxes of the...
Creativity
Hal Habecker Dec 21 “Christmas and Creativity” (Joseph Bayly) The 25th Day of Advent December 21, 2022 I want to encourage you to take...
Waiting and Expecting
Hal Habecker Dec 20 “Christmas and Waiting” The 24th Day of Advent When I think of waiting at Christmas I think first of children having...
The Simplicity of Christmas
“The Simplicity of Christmas” The 23rd Day of Advent December 19, 2022 And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in...
Christmas Is Multigenerational
Hal Habecker Dec 18 “Christmas Is Multi-Generational” The 22nd Day of Advent December 18, 2022 As I continue to age (I am 73),...
Christmas is for Foreigners
Hal Habecker Dec 17 “Christmas is for Foreigners” (Isaiah 9.1,2) 21st Day of Advent December 17, 2022 “But there will be no more gloom...
Unexpected People
Hal Habecker Dec 16 “The Joy of the Unexpected – How God Works Through Unexpected People” Matthew 1.3,5,6,16 20th Day of Advent December...
Why Bethlehem?
Hal Habecker Dec 15 “Bethlehem and God’s Sovereignty” The 19th Day of Advent December 15, 2022 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too...
“Christmas & Isaiah 9.6,7”
The 18th Day of Advent December 14, 2022 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His...
“A Virgin Will Bear a Son”
Hal Habecker Dec 13 “Isaiah 7.14 and Christmas” 17th Day of Advent December 13, 2022 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign:...
Praise & Christmas
16th Day of Advent December 12, 2022 As praise marked that first Christmas, I pray that praise will mark our own celebration of Christmas....
Tragedy and Christmas
“Tragedy That First Christmas” Matthew 2.16-18 The 3rs Sunday of Advent - the15th Day of Advent December 11, 2022 There are always hard...
Christmas, Carols, and Bells
“Christmas, Christmas Carols and the Bells of Christmas” The 14th Day of Advent December 10, 2022 I’d like to take a slightly different...
Christmas and Shepherds
“Christmas and Shepherds” (Luke 2.8-20) The 13th Day of Advent December 9, 2022 In the same region there were some shepherds staying out...
Christmas and the Miraculous
“Christmas and Impossibilities – The Message of the Miraculous” December 8, 2022 The 12th Day of Advent The message of Christmas is the...
Christmas and Humility
Luke 1.48 11th Day of Advent December 7, 2022 "For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave” (Luke 1.48). Humility pours...
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