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The birth of Jesus was a divine intervention, the moment God Himself stepped into our world as a baby. Now this, in itself, is a gift beyond measure, a gift of love, grace, a gift of salvation that ...

Among all the jubilation of buying and opening presents, eating turkey and drinking champagne, it can be difficult to remember the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas, of course, celebrates the birth ...

In the last few decades, that knowledge has taken a back seat to the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and Santa Claus. Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of ...

In John 3, Jesus describes the beginning of a person’s relationship with God through Christ as being “born again.” Many things may work together to bring a person to the point of accepting Christ as ...

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