Christians in the small southern Georgia town of Dawson are putting the spotlight back on Jesus this Christmas season, shifting the focus away from Santa who, for generations of Americans, has been the face of the holidays.
Here are a few books recommended for you as you finalize your own list — and one bonus recommendation.
If we take our role as Christ’s ambassadors seriously, we should make sure we aren’t so caught up in our own celebration of the holidays that we miss ministering Jesus’ love to those who are seriously hurting around us.
International Mission Board missionaries are going the extra mile, quite often literally. Find out why. The Week of Prayer for International Missions is Dec. 3–10.
There are many Christmas communication tips we can learn from the nativity passages in Scripture. Let’s look at some verses in Luke and Galatians …
Through gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Dawson was provided with a home that had more room than she needed and a seven-passenger car. God filled the “extra space” with troubled teenagers and young adults.
“Thanksgiving is more about WHOM we give thanks to than WHAT we give thanks for,” shares Adam Dooley, author and pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, Tennessee.
It’s Thanksgiving, which unfortunately sometimes gets lost in between Halloween and Christmas. Thanksgiving yard decorations don’t get the love the other two holidays do.
