It Starts Small

Category: Christmas Story

  • It’s Always Been About God

    Christmas is about God. Christmas is the story of God the Father sending His son to be born as the God-man.  Christmas is the story that God initiated salvation and God ultimately accomplished the sacrifice of God. The people and events surrounding Jesus’ birth are not impressive because they were…

  • The Wait is Over

    Imagine the Lord your God came and told you that you would not die without having seen the Messiah. You are well in your years, at the temple, perhaps praying for the Messiah, and one day two teenagers, with a little boy in their arms walks through the entrance, and there…

  • Praise and Worship

    Mary, after having been visited by the angel and speaking about her shocking pregnancy, breaks out in a song. These scriptures are known as the Song of Mary. She praises and worships God. She could have reacted with fear, confusion, or anger, but instead she chose to respond in worship. Singing praises and…

  • Good News, Great Joy, For All People

    Christmas can be described as “good news.” In the King James version, it is spoken as “good tidings.” According to the Blue Letter Bible, the Greek word used is euangelizō. It means to declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel). Christmas is in deed good news because God has…

  • God IS with Us

    God’s Word tells us the name Jesus means “God is with us.” When Jesus preach the gospel to thousands, God was there.When Jesus preformed miracles and healed the sick, God was there.When Jesus calmed the storm, God was there. Jesus’ ministry was God faithfully pursuing His people by dwelling among…

  • Sure and Mighty Power

    On the last pages of God’s Word we see the final mention of Christmas. This Christmas story comes from a heavenly perspective. To the average onlooker in Bethlehem would have seen a couple teenagers and shepherds gathered around a baby. But the war of eternity was raging all around them. Satan knew the…

  • A passionate pursuit.

    Jesus was made lower. Lets ponder on that for a moment. The God who made the angels made Himself lower than His own creation. Imagine a potter being seen as lesser than his own creation. Imagine a painting receiving more merit than the painter. Seems crazy, yet this is the context…

  • Grace has Come

    How do we define the grace of God? Throughout history we have explained it as an unearned and undeserved favor of God. Our lives have only ever earned the wrath of God, but we are offered eternal life instead.  God’s grace is most clearly seen in Jesus. It is first seen in…

  • Peace and Reconciliation

    Jesus was never like other religious leaders on this earth, then and now. Muhammad, Buddha, Socrates, and Confucius were never said to be divine. Jesus is divine. Jesus was God wrapped in flesh and displayed as a baby. This is what makes the first Christmas so compelling. The God who threw the expanse of the…

  • Humility and Service Above Power and Majesty

    Christmas is about power and majesty of our Lord and Savior and King. Jesus is the ONLY rightful One to claim the throne and usher in a new kingdom. But it is not just about power and majesty. It is about humility and service. It is about the motivation through love to act in…