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WHO PUT CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS?
(Larry Ray Hafley)During December we are reminded to, “Keep Christ In Christmas.” Who, though, put him there in the first place?
Did God? We know “the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world” (1 Jn. 4:14). Jesus said that he neither acted or spoke of his own will, but that he said and did only those things authorized by his Father (Jn. 6:38; 12:49). Is the celebration of Jesus’ birth a thing…
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Things of “First Importance”
1 Corinthians 15:1-10
Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which
you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you
hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. For I
delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died
for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he
was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he
appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then… -
Warning Against “That First Instinct”
The following is from the commencement address at The Citadel, given by
General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on May 6, 2006:
Check your moral compass frequently. I have seen it both in
combat and in peace. If you do not know who you are walking into
a situation, you may not like who you are when you're done. When
I was a lieutenant in Vietnam, I lost Lance Corporal Guido
Ferranaro from Bethpage, New York, a 19-year-old Marine, to a
sniper – the first Marine I’d ever lost in combat. I…
