http://www.hbcjc.org/blog Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:26:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The story is told of a beautiful young woman trapped in prostitution during the Civil War.  At the age of twenty-two she lay dying in a Cincinatti hospital.  Lamenting her wasted life, she wrote a short poem that ended,Fainting, freezing, dying alone,Too wicked for prayer,Too weak for a moan to ... http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/12/27/forgiveness-on-a-warm-snowless-december-27th/ Both films "The Day After" (1983) and "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004) attempt to show the results of nuclear frustrations and global warming respectively.  Both films demonstrate the sense of hopelessness that pervades the mondern mindset; a mindset undergirded by the unavoidable truth that human beings are smart but not wise.  The ... http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/12/26/the-day-aftera-day-closerthe-best-day/ Text:  Luke 2:1-20; Matthew 2:1-12Title for Christ:  a SaviorJust as the Lord was wrapped in swaddling clothes, everything we should know, God wants us to know and that we need to know about Jesus is wrapped up in the title, "Savior."  This is Who He is.  This is why He ... http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/12/24/an-advent-devotion-for-christmas-day-thursday-december-25th-2008/ Text:  John 1:1-14 Title for Christ:  Word Made Flesh Many people have attempted to answer the question of Jesus' divinity or God's humanity by avoiding the question with answers such as, "I think Jesus was a good man (Atheists) , a great teacher (Religionists), or a great prophet (Muslims). However, both Christ and ... http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/12/23/an-advent-post-for-wednesday-december-24th/ Text: Matthew 1:18-25 Title for Christ: Savior from sin No title more aptly describes Christ as a Person or Christ in His mission than "Savior from sin." He is a Savior which, by definition, implies we need saving from something. But from what? From sin and its ... http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/12/22/an-advent-devotion-for-tuesday-december-23rd/ Text:  Luke 1:39-80 Title for Christ:  God's Tender Mercy vs 76-78 - And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, 77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the ... http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/12/22/an-advent-devotion-for-monday-december-22nd/ Text:  Luke 1:5-38 Title for Christ:  Son of the Most High For the past four weeks, Heritage has benefited from Luke's historical narrative of Jesus' birth.  In Gabriel's announcement to Mary conerning her preganancy, the angel used the term for Christ, "Son of the Most High."  Any leader of God's people, especially the ... http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/12/21/an-advent-devotion-for-sunday-december-21st-angela-and-virginias-birthdays/