Has anyone here ever heard of Good Riddance Day? As far as I know, it’s only celebrated in one city. This past Thursday, December 28th, Good Riddance Day was celebrated in New York City in Times Square. In fact, this is the 11th year they’ve been observing this special day. Good Riddance Day apparently was…
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Sermons from December 2017
This morning, I want to share with you a story. A Christmas story, if you will. And children know that all stories begin with those four special words – “once upon a time”. There was a young girl once who asked her father, “Do all fairy tales begin with “Once upon a time?” And he…
This is the time of year when many of us find our mailboxes filled with Christmas cards. Many of those include family photographs. These pictures always show a beautiful, well-dressed family with everybody looking straight at the camera while smiling, and capturing just the right angle of the Christmas tree behind them. But, what those…
Thanksgiving is over, the leftovers should be all gone by now, and we can all focus on the countdown to Christmas. For those of you who haven’t noticed, there only 15 days left before Christmas. In much of the Christian world, this time of year is known as “advent.” The word “advent” means “coming”, and…
There’s a writer by the name of Leonard Ravenhill who tells the story about a group of tourists who were visiting a quaint little village in England. And in an effort to learn more about the history of that village, one tourist approached an elderly man who was sitting outside and asked him, “Were any…
