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  • The BEST Christmas Gift
    Posted on Monday, December 24th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Edward VIII, gifts, Isaiah 9:6, Philippians 2:6-9, Wallis Simpson, Writing Redemption

    By Carol McClain:    @carol_mcclain In 1937 King Edward VIII of England gave up his title and power and glory for love. He loved a sinner–a married American  in the process of divorce. Wallis Simpson sympathized with the Nazis. Edward loved her, so he sacrificed everything for her. For an American, this love which created a constitutional crisis in England, speaks of a fairy …[ read more ]

  • Gifts: What We Got For Christmas
    Posted on Monday, December 19th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Christmas, forgiveness, Genesis 3:14, God's gift, God's gift to us, redemption, What we got for Christmas

      And I will put enmity              Between you and the woman,             And between your seed and her seed;             He shall bruise you on the head,             And you shall bruise him on …[ read more ]

  • Gifts: The True Blessing of Christmas
    Posted on Monday, December 12th, 2016 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Carol McClain, character counts, Christmas, Christmas gifts. Gifts, gifts, Ps 103: 4-5, redemption, the true Meaning of Christmas

      Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5  Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. Ps. 103:4-5   By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain   Christmas. The only thing that matters is gift-giving.   Yep. That’s not a typo. I mean every word of it, but probably not the …[ read more ]

  • Joseph: Christmas’s Exemplar of Faith–James 2:20
    Posted on Monday, December 21st, 2015 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: Christmas, faith/works, James 2:20, Joseph, the Nativity

     “But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless” James 2:20?  I love Christmas carols . In them we celebrate Jesus and Mary and angels and shepherds.  We exalt stars and lambs and little drummer boys. Magi, Eastern astrologers, even make the list.However, I’m hard pressed to think of one carol that mentions Joseph …[ read more ]

  • SANTA’S RELUCTANT HELPER by Linda Rondeau
    Posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2014 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: children, Christmas, divorce

    Wiping the sleep from my eyes, I saw her squatting and looking eye to eye at the packaged item standing under the Christmas tree. It was four in the morning, and I had no idea how long she had been there.             I was grateful for the toys and clothes Mother had bought for my children. She had set …[ read more ]

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    • Your Past Can Be Forgiven: Rahab

      @carol_mcclain Is your past unforgiveable? Definitely not. Consider Rahab, one of the ancestors of Jesus, mentioned in Matthew 1:5. She was a prostitute. No one chooses this lifestyle. In ancient Israel, women found few avenues of employment. If unmarried or widowed, they very often had to turn to prostitution in order to survive. Who wants to have non-stop sex with strangers? According to the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women: [caption id="attachment_2044" align="alignleft" width="200"] No one's fallen so low that God can't redeem.[/caption] "Rahab, who begins as triply marginalized—Canaanite, woman, and prostitute—moves to the center as bearer of a divine message… ...[ full story ]

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