Month: December, 2009

What About Christmas?

By Ferrell Jenkins

It’s Christmas Time! Radio, television, newspapers and special church programs repeat the “Christmas Story.”  Crib and manger scenes depict the story for all Americans to see.  The question of whether communities have the right to display nativity scenes on public property has made its way to our highest court.  Erroneous speculation and truth mingle in the commonly told “Christmas Story.”  It sounds so good, but is this the way Jesus wants people to remember Him?  The Biblical answer is clear; it is not!

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The Difference between the Basis and Conditions of Salvation

Failing to see this difference leads to confusion over salvation, especially when the question is raised, “What must I do to be saved?”  “I believe we are saved by the blood of Jesus; you believe we are saved by baptism,” some say.  The truth is, our salvation is not an “either/or” when it comes to the above.

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