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Continue reading →: Christmas With the ShepherdsLuke 2:8-20 The stories in the Bible of David defending his sheep against wild animals seemed cool. It becomes real when a shepherd knocks on your door with an inch long thorn stuck in his heal. He was camped on a hillside for the night, with thorny branches surrounding the…
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Continue reading →: Inadvertently omittedMy deepest apologies – on the most recent article for the Advent Journal, I omitted the author of that submission. “A Christ-less Christmas” was submitted by Joe and Denise Goossen, retired global partners with Avant serving close to 40 years in various places including Brazil and a number of former…
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Continue reading →: A Christ-less ChristmasLiving in several countries of the former Soviet Union for many years, we could see how thecommunist Soviet system tried to erase Christmas for 70 years. There was no God so there wasno birth of Jesus. New Year’s Eve was the huge celebration. Father Frost and the Snow Maiden were…







