Greetings on this pleasant December, Monday morning. 
                    
PERSONAL NOTE: I want to thank everyone who assisted in preparation for the Sunday worship service.  Thank you, Bud and Sallie for lighting candle number 4 in our Advent Candle lighting event. Choir and Dee...I enjoyed the Bethlehem Suite...nice job! Special thanks to the Joyful Sounds Quartet for their afternoon Christmas concert.
   
LEADERSHIP ARTICLE: Click this LINK for the article, Not Off The Hook.  
                     
THEOLOGY ARTICLE: Click on this LINK for the article, Faith in the Night...Warnings for the Dark Night of the Soul. This is article number 42 in the series.  
                 
HOPE FOR PARENTS: Click this LINK for the article, The Ultimate Christmas Gift.
                                 
ADVANCED DISCIPLESHIP: Click this LINK  for the article, An Exposition of the Gospel of Matthew..Lesson 4...The Slaughter of the Innocents. This series will last for several weeks. The host for this series is Dr. Allen Ross.
                               
HERE'S MY QUESTION: Why are some believers miraculously healed and others aren't? Is it demonic?  Click on this LINK.
                               
GRADUATE STUDIES: Ecclesiology and Eschatology...Lesson 10 of 10. Click on this LINK . These are video lessons (they also have an audio version available on the same page).  Lesson 10 of 10 is The Rapture and the Afterlife. Please note that within Christianity there are varying views of the Rapture. Next time I will start this Graduate Studies section from the very beginning and go completely through it again. If you missed something you will see it again. For those of you who have completed the study...Congratulations!
                   
COUNSELING HELP: This is from a series of articles on Anger Management: How To Deal With An Angry Father. Click this LINK for it.
                 
LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "In life, the first thing you must do is decide what you really want. Weigh the costs and the results. Are the results worthy of the costs? Then make up your mind completely and go after your goal with all your might." A. Montapert.  Here is a humorous bonus by that great baseball player and philosopher, Yogi Berra, to lighten your day: "Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps parents off the streets." 
 
My desire for you this week is that you celebrate a wonderful Christmas!   
In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell.