by Greg Burdine | Dec 9, 2014 | Current Issues
One of my favorite Christmas memories is gathering around the TV to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas Special.” I was able to watch the very first presentation on Thursday, December 9, 1965. 2014 was the 50th year of consecutive showings. It is the longest running...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 8, 2014 | Sermon
How do we know for sure there were angels, a traveling star, a virgin birth, or a Son of God in a manger? I want to take a cue from one of the most famous Bible passages about Christmas. The story tells how an angel announced to a group of shepherds that “unto you is...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 5, 2014 | Current Issues
We only need to watch the evening news to see the extreme differences between the races in this country. The realization of the wide gap between what blacks and whites feel about the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri is a shock to most Americans. It is hard...
by Greg Burdine | Dec 3, 2014 | Current Issues
We celebrate 50 years of ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ on CBS (first aired on December 9, 1965). We watched it every year as a kid. As I reflect on how much I enjoyed the adventures of the Peanuts gang, I remember the many lessons they taught me… 1....
by Greg Burdine | Dec 1, 2014 | Current Issues, Sermon
As we feel the stress of the Christmas holiday, it is easy to become a humbug about it. Or get too busy to enjoy the real meaning of Christmas – the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The truth of the incarnation sets Christianity apart from all other religions of the world...
