Every year Christmas finally arrives, and we celebrate the coming of the Lord, Christ our King! We act as if he’d been born, coming for the first time.
Rolf Jacobson wrote for WorkingPreacher.org in 2014:
“One of the most consistent, counter-cultural, and evangelical messages of the Bible is that the Lord reigns as king, the crucified- and-resurrected Christ is king -- of our lives, of God’s church, of the world, of history, of the universe. Which means, of course, that we are not… “
On this day of presents and
festivities, celebrate afresh the newness of the coming King!
Gracious God, the notion
that One who had been crucified could really be a king still makes waves. Thank
you for such a gift! Amen.
Norma Prina Murphy,
Honorably Retired this year and sporting a new knee as of October 1.
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