It’s Christmas time again, filled with the holiday hustle and bustle, and busyness that can be all- consuming. Jesus is the reason for this Christmas season, but what does that truly mean? What is it that you really expect Christmas to bring to you this year?

Santa makes his list, checks it twice, he knows who has been naughty or nice and so only

If you’re good enough, you’ll get gifts at Christmas. He doesn’t give out of compassion, but rather based on works. But what about the first Christmas? What—or better yet WHO—was the gift given to humanity? Can you earn this gift?

We’ve all gotten into fights with our families. Whether it be a short, petty fight, or a huge, decades-long fight, we’ve all been there. You may be holding onto something so old you can’t even remember why you’re mad anymore... but you’re still holding onto that anger or hurt. This Christmas, choose the compassion of FORGIVENESS. Don’t let that fighting take the joy out of celebrating the birth of Christ this Christmas!

Compassion is seeing the pain in others around you, and then going on to do something about it. The problem is, especially during Christmas time, that we are just too tired to do anything for others. We are weary and collapse into that “recliner”, numbing ourselves to our stress and the world around us by tuning in to the TV or social media, and tuning out of the world. But in order to change the world, we have to get OUT of that recliner. The question is, how do we get out of that recliner this Christmas?

There’s so much to be thankful for, but sometimes we get so caught up in what we don’t have and what we think we need, that we fail to recognize all that we truly do have. It may not be something as big as winning the lottery, but maybe just your faithful friends, the air you breathe, and having enough food on your table. Dr. Dave Martin shares on how to have an “attitude of gratitude”, to see all of the blessings around us every day—so that the rest of your life can be the BEST of your life!

We’ve heard it said that “God loves a cheerful giver.” If we are told to give with joy, what does that mean? Do I have to sell all of my belongings and move to a remote country to become a missionary? How much is enough? To discover the key to Biblical giving, we have to find out WHY we give, not just HOW to give.

We know now what demons are and how they interact with both God and mankind... but what about angels? What exactly is an angel? What do angels do? When we die, do each of us become angels, floating around the earth with shimmering wings and a halo, unseen? Pastor Tyler Gramling uncovers the mystery of angels, what they represent, and what angels were created for!

God tells us in the Bible that there’s a spiritual battle going on around us, one that we can’t physically see with our eyes, but the battle continuously rages, nonetheless. The battle is between good and evil, and it involves you. Can good win this battle? God has given each of us the weapons needed to fight—and have VICTORY—this battle.

We are taught from a very young age about the battle between good and evil—we see it in children’s books, cartoons, stories. But what is evil, exactly? Where did evil come from? Does evil truly exist? And more importantly... can evil be overcome with good?