Together, Let God’s Family Join the Angels’ Joyful Song This Christmas

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Life can be hard in very real and different ways. While our problems may be many and varied, there is one main solution: Jesus. And Jesus—no one and nothing else—is at the heart of Christmas. 

J. I. Packer on Having the “Christmas Spirit” and the “Christian Snob”

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I appreciate these challenging words from J. I. Packer about what it means to truly have a God-honoring “Christmas Spirit.”

His Sovereign Work in Sending the Light

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Read Luke 1 and 2, and marvel at the sovereign work of our Father, sending His Son, our Savior, into this world. He did it for us, to be our Redeemer.

I’ll [Not] Have a Blue Christmas: Reasons to Rejoice and Be Happy This Christmas

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Is it possible to find genuine happiness during the Christmas season, even in the midst of the pressures? Yes. True happiness—the kind Jesus offers—is at the heart of what Christmas is all about!

The Deepest Prayer of My Heart This Christmas

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My prayer is that people would understand that Jesus is the person they were made by and made for. 

This Christmas, Let’s Rejoice in the Far Reaches of Christ’s Redemptive Work

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My favorite Christmas song is “Joy to the World,” because as my wife Nanci pointed out to me years ago, it’s the Christmas song that looks forward to Christ’s return and the New Earth.

An Invitation to Join the Giving Tuesday Movement

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I want to say something about the growing “Giving Tuesday” movement (yes, yet another new day, but this one with a higher purpose). 

Control, Coping, and Preparing for Holiday Stress

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From mid-November to early January, our lives change, bringing many things that are delightful, but which increase our pressure and fatigue. 

Pondering God’s Giving Heart This Christmas

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One of the things I love most about Christmas is that it’s all about giving—with the ultimate gifts being Christ’s incarnation and His atonement.   

Will We Celebrate Jesus' Birth at Christmastime in Heaven?

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I think we will celebrate the birth of Christ in Heaven for all eternity. How could we not celebrate His incarnation? Certainly we will celebrate—though celebrate doesn't seem quite the right word—the triumph of the resurrection of Christ.