Jesus’ parable that inspired Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

Advent 2025, Week 4 – Light of Christmas Past/Present/Future, Preview Will you watch a dramatization of Charles Dickens’ famous A Christmas Carol this holiday season?  Some literary scholars believe that Dickens’ source material is one of Jesus’ parables.  What parable do you think might have sparked Dickens’ imagination to think about ghosts?  Does Jesus haveContinue reading “Jesus’ parable that inspired Dickens’ A Christmas Carol”

Why an increasing practice of prayer is so important – Luke 18:1-17

If we never or rarely pray, what are we saying? Maybe that we are Christian atheists, unbelieving, like I mentioned last week? It is not enough to believe intellectually that Jesus is God and that he died on the cross and rose again for the forgiveness of our sins, we also show that our faithContinue reading “Why an increasing practice of prayer is so important – Luke 18:1-17”