Isaiah 9:7

            Of the increase of his government and of peace        there will be no end,                    on the throne of David and over his kingdom,        to establish it and to uphold it                    with justice and with righteousness        from this time forth and forevermore.                    The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.  Merry Christmas from Cape Community Church! We have been…

Isaiah 9:2-3

      The people who walked in darkness        have seen a great light;                    those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,        on them has light shone.              3       You have multiplied the nation;        you have increased its joy;                    they rejoice before you        as with joy at the harvest,        as they are glad when they divide the spoil.  Light pollution…

Proverbs 24:17-18

      Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,        and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,              18       lest the LORD see it and be displeased,        and turn away his anger from him.  I am noticing a disturbing trend in news headlines of late. Many journalists are rejoicing in anti-vaxxers and especially anti-vax pastors contracting Covid-19 and…

Isaiah 60:1-3

Arise, shine, for your light has come,        and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.              2       For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,        and thick darkness the peoples;                    but the LORD will arise upon you,        and his glory will be seen upon you.              3       And nations shall come to your light,        and…

Luke 2:1-5

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of…

Isaiah 59:10

  We grope for the wall like the blind;        we grope like those who have no eyes;                    we stumble at noon as in the twilight,        among those in full vigor we are like dead men.  Many years ago, I listened to a number of tapes of lectures from a preacher named Malcolm Smith. He gave six talks on covenants that were…