Christmas Plans
Meditations From The Manger
Are you looking for Jesus amid the tinsel and bows? He is here for you, but when you encounter Him, what will your response be to the God-child? These guided audio Meditations from the Manger will follow along with the Magi, Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds, and Simeon. Contemplating their thoughts, fears, and passions as they encounter the birth of the Wonderful Counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.
Inspiring Reflections For The Christmas Season
Christmas can be a difficult time for many people. Looking back over the year, they may see many dreams not fulfilled and many questions unanswered. Others face stress, loneliness and financial struggles. They can't seem to identify with the celebratory Christmas spirit around them that somehow seems to have eluded them. Their cry, echoed through the words of Country legend Merle Haggard may be, 'If we make it through December, everything is gonna be alright I know'. Over the next 6 days, these Christmas Reflections will inspire you to know that God waits to fulfill your dreams and answer your questions
An Advent Playlist: Hymn-Based Devotions
There are many hymns that express the wonderful promises that surround our Savior's birth. These devotions are based on several of those hymns.
The Gifts of Christmas
We all long for peace, especially at Christmas, but it's easy to miss our Messiah's birth in the midst of the holiday rush. Slow down with us in this Abide meditation as we unwrap God's Word and marvel at the gift of our Savior.
The Story Of Christmas By Jon Foreman
This is the greatest story ever told, and I’ll do my best to tell it straight. This is the story about the time when the Author of the Universe became a character in his own book. When the singer of time and space become a melody in His own song. It’s a love story, and a fight song, and a comedy. And it starts a long time ago. - Jon Forman (SWITCHFOOT)
Real Hope: The Jesus Genealogy - What's the Point?
In this series, Bob Mendelsohn, national director of Jews for Jesus here in Australia, opens God’s Word to us from a very unlikely source, the genealogy of Jesus, as shown in the first chapter of Matthew. You don’t have to be a Bible scholar to appreciate the stories that unfold. You just must enjoy the story itself. Don’t we all love a good story? Whether in the form of a movie or a great novel… Matthew understands that. Each reference conjures up images and dialogue, mostly a story. Let’s see where those stories take us and learn what God has to say to us as 21st-century people.
Rhythm of Christmas
Rhythm is all around us. Music has rhythm, poetry has rhythm, dancing has rhythm, but what about your life? Christmas is a time when the rhythms around us and inside us change as we take time to focus on the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. In this four-day video reading plan geared toward youth, you will read, see, and hear the rhythms that God used in the original Christmas story and learn how those rhythms can be synched up to the soundtrack of your life.
Christmas: A New Perspective
Most Christmas stories begin with the cry of a baby in a manger, but for this story will begin three months earlier in a small mountain village just south of Jerusalem near the town of Hebron. The story will begin as you watch a young, tired, and very pregnant girl walking up the road to the house of Elizabeth and Zechariah. That’s where you will begin your journey to Bethlehem with Mary and Joseph.
The Night Jesus Was Born: Behind the Scenes
The Bible tells the wonderful story of Jesus' birth – but what was happening behind the scenes? Have we added to the story? Believed things that aren't true? Let’s take a look at scholars’ further scrutiny of God’s Word and into the customs of the times to learn even more about the cast of characters and our Savior’s entrance into the world on that amazing night.