The Ark of the Covenant into the Temple—1 Kings 8:6-13 #biblestr
Circumcision and Name of Jesus: Luke 2:21 #biblestr
What does this have to do with the turning of the year? Everything. We are tempted to treat a new year like a blank page where we finally get to write a better story about ourselves. Resolutions. Reinvention. Image management. Control. But that’s not how Christians enter a year. Christians enter time under a Name already given, under a mercy already promised, under a Savior already bleeding for them. You don’t walk into this year alone. You walk into it branded—sealed—named.
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The Feast of the Circumcision and Name — December 31, 2025
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New Year’s Eve: Luke 12:35-40 #biblestr
David’s Son Will Build the House of the Lord—2 Sam 7:1-16
Christ’s kingdom on earth is a cross-kingdom. Not because God enjoys pain, but because this is how He conquers. The throne is a cross. The crown has thorns. The victory is hidden under weakness. And if that is true for the King, it will not be different for the people who belong to Him.
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The Word became flesh so that nothing human would be left unredeemed. Not only the “spiritual” parts of you. You. Your body. Your mind. Your will. Your suffering. Your death. Christ has entered the whole human condition so that He can heal the whole human condition.
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This is where joy breaks wide open: God is not waiting for you to get your act together before He comes near. He comes near to rescue you. He comes near to carry what you cannot carry. He comes near to take what is yours—your frailty, your vulnerability, your mortality—so that He can give you what is His: righteousness, life, and peace.
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If you come tonight with fear, or questions, or weariness, you are not out of place. The angels preached first to people in the dark. If you come tonight with guilt, you are not beyond hope. This is exactly why a Savior is born. And if you come tonight with joy, then let it be this kind of joy: not fragile and forced, but anchored in what God has done.
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Christmas Eve: The Nativity of Our Lord—Matthew 1:18–25
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The Birth of Christ Is Announced to Shepherds—Luke 2:8-14
https://youtube.com/live/XOl21BtpvCo
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John is a voice. Not the Word. A voice. And that’s what faithful preaching always is: a mouth that points not to itself but to Christ. John is doing exactly what Isaiah foretold, as the Angel Gabriel proclaimed and Zechariah confessed. Right after that fierce, tender opening, God gives John this work: “Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.” (Isa. 40:1) How does God comfort? Not by pretending sin is small or telling people they’re “fine.” He comforts by sending a messenger who tells the truth and by sending the Lord Himself to save.
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Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Deuteronomy 18:15-19; Philippians 4:4-7
https://youtube.com/live/zUG6GwALI1Y
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Stop trying to keep God at a manageable distance. He will not be managed. He will be received. “The Lord is with you.” (Luke 1:28). And the One who is with you is not an idea. He is Jesus—true God and true man—your Brother in the flesh, your Savior from sin, your King whose reign does not end.
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Fantastic piece of writing!
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The Congress investigates, the Executive Office issues and enforces orders, and the Court legislates. And the citizens consent.
Broken system.
It’s a summary of the second table of the law, namely “honor your father and mother” to “you shall not covet…” Yes!
I will follow back any young fathers on nostr. Regardless of ideological or political differences.
We have to have each others backs gentlemen.
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Define young. 47, but with ten children, two of whom are recently married. 😃
Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 29:17-24; Rom 10:9-17
Marx wrote: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world—the point, however, is to change it.”
This becomes: “There is no understanding the world—only interpretations of it.”
Which then becomes: “Lies that change the world are better than truths that describe it.”