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EVERYTHING WE NEED: The Reason for the Season
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“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end” (Isaiah 9:6-7 NIV).
A Savior promised centuries ago and later fulfilled in the small town of Bethlehem is the reason we celebrate Christmas. What an unspeakable gift! As the season approaches its end, we must make a concerted ...
STAND FIRM: Understanding Syria Is to Understand Sykes-Picot — and Maybe the Eighth Beast
In my last article, I wrote about the flare-up of Syria’s 13-year-long civil war and the looming threat of Damascus falling. I shared how some were looking at the fall of Damascus as a fulfillment of Isaiah 17:1. I don’t see it that way — not as a complete fulfillment, at least. But now, as I write this, Damascus has fallen. Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad, has fled and is believed to...