The Word of God is the greatest resource given to mankind for our equipping in discipleship.  Yet living in a world of the embarrassment of spiritual riches for the availability of God's Word, we must ask the question "Are we using the Bible the way God has intended?"

What is a disciple? Jesus will give his followers an answer to this question that wasn't very popular then, and still isn't today.

The character of God as redeemer is most clearly seen when we submit our life circumstances to Him: to allow His purpose and His glory to shine through our trials.

The story of the shepherds invitation to witness the brith of the Messiah teaches us God's design of humility for those who follow His Son.  This story also provides for us the pattern of God's involvement for us to first "come and see" and finally "go and tell".

The title of Immanuel is often head at Christmas, yet for those it was prophesied to it had a very different context than what our contemporary Christmas traditions impose.

The coming of the Chosen One was described with the metaphors of "light" and "victory", but more than anything he would be One to define and declare God's kingdom and government.

The coming of the Messiah was foretold with key insights that were overlooked by those at the 1st Christmas and are also easily missed in our modern culture today.

God's Chosen One is a title that speaks beyond Christmas. The grace of God has delivered the gift of the Messiah for which we celebrate Christmas.  However, the Chosen One is primarily given to bear the sins of the world. We now live in the middle of Jesus' first advent and His soon coming return.

When God made the human creature, he instituted a covenant relationship by which they would join together in serving as His image bearers. This covenant is called marriage.  Although our world today has many perspectives on the subject, the scriptures are crystal clear about the nature of God's design for oneness between a man and a woman.

God's design for marriage is modeled by Jesus, such that husbands would demonstrate the love of Jesus in their sacrificial love for their wives.