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Title: The Mother of God.
Date: December 23, 2007
Texts: Isaiah 7:10-16; Matt 1:18-25

Another teen pregnancy. It’s such a scandal. Especially since she is part of such a trusted and wholesome show. Jamie Lynn Spears. She’s the younger sister of Britney Spears, who stars on Nickelodeon TV—and she’s pregnant at 16 years old. A trip to the [...]

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Title: Chainsaws and Advent
Date: December 10, 2007
Texts: Psalm72:1-7, 18-19; Isaiah 11:1-10; Rom 15:4-13; Matthew 3:1-12

Let me read that first line from Isaiah again: “A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots” (Isa 11:1).

Now, when Katie and I moved into our house I slowly began [...]

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I haven’t seen the movie, but I read the Pullman trilogy 4 or 5 years ago. They took me into another world—or, I should say, worlds. Absolutely creative. I’m usually not one who reads science fiction or children’s literature. But Philip Pullman’s books were addicting; I read one right after another: Northern Lights (also called [...]

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