MARK J MUSSER

READ: Matthew 1:18—2:18 In his book, Christmas is not Your Birthday, Mike Slaughter shares the story of a friend who writes, “The...

READ: Luke 2:1-35 Yesterday, we talked about the fact that life is messy. Another way to put that is to say that “life is not sanitized.”...

READ: Luke 1:26-56 Can you imagine the situation for Mary? Luke is describing the Christmas miracle in the context of an unplanned...

READ: Isaiah 7:10-25; Micah 5:1-6 Many of us dream of having the “perfect Christmas.” Wanting to create a “magical Christmas experience”...

READ: Luke 2:41-52; 2 Corinthians 4:4 In the late fall of my son’s fifth grade year, his class was diligently practicing for their...

READ: Mark 5:21-43 An alcoholic, who became a believer, was asked how he could possibly believe all the nonsense in the Bible about...

READ: John 14:12; Acts 5:12-16; Acts 9:32-43 The last verse of the Gospel of John says, Jesus did many other things as well. If every one...

READ: Romans 5 Talk about ordinary. Jesus’ mother was just a peasant teen. His step-dad was just a carpenter. They were so poor, in fact,...

READ: John 3:1-21 Gary Johnson was deeply saddened. He lamented the fact that Jesus’ selfless coming that first Christmas had been lost...

READ: Hebrews 2 While living in Romania, I discovered that Romanians celebrate their birthdays much differently than we Americans do. You...