The angel Gabriel, “the man of God,” was an integral part of the Christmas story. While Zechariah burned incense to the Lord, an angel appeared to him, telling him that God was going to answer the prayers of him and his wife and that they would have a son. Reminiscent...
I had the joy of listening to the Maranatha Baptist University orchestra and choirs play and sing Handel’s Messiah again this year. It is always a joyous occasion. Handel built this oratorio on Scripture and one of the key passages is Isaiah 9:6, which concludes, “and...
December 7, 1941, is the day which has gone down in history as the Day of Infamy. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, it brought the United States into World War 2. The following four wars saw the heroism and sacrifice of the Greatest Generation. Maranatha Baptist...
The word “Christmas” is problematic for some. This English word comes from “Cristes Maesse,” a phrase that meant “Christ’s Mass.” As is the case so often, we use terms that originated in another language and even another religion. The “mass,”...
Christmas is the celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus. There are numerous implications in that short statement. In the coming days, I want to flesh out what this all means – from where did the term come? why celebrate a birth? who exactly is this Jesus? did we...
There is an interesting blog concerning the decline of Contemporary Worship Music. Click here to read it all, or just read the following synopsis. 1. Compared to the last several centuries of hymns, the contemporary songs were, for the most part, poorly written....
