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Christmas Message – Eager Expectation

Scripture: Romans 8:18-21, NIV This is the season of Advent. We celebrate hope. The Bible emphasizes faith, hope, and love as our three essentials. Each is necessary for a vibrant faith, they are different from each other, but are related. They are like three sisters. Hope says, “I know things will work out, I just don’t know how or when!” Her sister, Faith, says, “Things have already worked out” (even before they do in actual experience). Love says, “Even if they don’t work out, even if I don’t understand what’s going on, nothing can separate me from the affection God

Success On The Way: Ask Dr. Jeanette

“He Didn’t have to Do It, But, He did” Crucifixion was a perfected form of Roman capital punishment, excruciatingly painful reserved for non-Roman citizens. Jesus was not guilty of any the three crimes reserved for crucifixion: escaped slave, piracy or sedition against the Roman Empire. The “Cross” immediately brings to mind the atrocious cruelty of Christ’s sufferings before, on His way to the “Cross,” the insensitive preparation to hang on the “Cross” the actual hanging and   being convicted of crimes, such as tax evasion and sedition. He was beaten with leather whips with steel spikes on the ends to a