On January 6 we will enter into the season of Epiphany, that time in the church year where we remember that the Lord Jesus broke into our world and manifested Himself in a physical way. During this time we also celebrate Jesus’ baptism and reflect upon the purpose of His coming, namely the evangelization of the world. It is a time to proclaim that God has sent His Son as Savior to the world and that salvation from sin is available as ...
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One of my favorite Christmas hymns, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” was written by Charles Wesley during a time when there was a scarcity of Christmas songs of any kind. Christmas carols, as we know them, had been prohibited by the English Puritan parliament in 1627 because they were thought to be worldly and contributed to a wrong understanding of the Christmas season. So in a day very much like our own, where the true ...