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They Followed a Star
By
Tom Davis
Christmas songs. They are everywhere you go this week. Fun or profound, sacred or secular, Christmas music will ring throughout our land this week. Hiding in plain sight, the words of those songs define what we believe about Christ, his birth, and his purpose. I wanted to bring you some of the lesser-known verses of…
How the Nightingale Learned to Sing
By
Tom Davis
One of the Christmas legends I grew up with that I hear no more and fear is being lost is the story of how the Nightingale learned to sing. Here is how I remember it: Deep inside the cave where Jesus was born there was a little nest on the ground made of leaves…
Advent Day 22: A Longing Fulfilled is a Tree of Life
By
Tom Davis
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” – Proverbs 13:12 This verse always brings orphans to my mind. If there are any people in the world who have “deferred hope” it is those who have lost their parents at the time they need them most. And that…
Advent Day 21: Standing at the Door…
By
Tom Davis
There is a famous verse in the Bible that says (my paraphrase), “I stand at the door and knock. Whoever opens the door I will come in and dine with them.” It is a metaphor for Jesus knocking at the door of your heart, waiting for it to be opened to his love. As you…
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