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Food For Thought
The Monthly Word
by Dr. C. Wesley Armstrong

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Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. For Christians around the world, Christmas commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ. It is an important religious event, marking the Gift from God described in the New Testament. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son..." (John 3:16). In Christian liturgical calendars only the Feast of Easter, commemorating the Resurrection of the Lord, outranks the Nativity in spiritual significance. Christmas, however, is certainly the most popularly observed occasion of the church year.

Throughout Christendom, Christmas scenes accentuated by evergreens and poinsettias reverberate the Holiday Season with special Christmas hymns, orations, carols, scriptural readings describing the very first Christmas, and sermons about the Nativity.

Although December 25th is observed as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ, the exact date has never been established or known. Partly for this reason, Christmas was not one of the earliest feasts of the Christian Church since there was at first no general consensus about when the anniversary should be observed.

However, regardless of the lack of calendar certainty, as we celebrate Christmas 2000, let us continue adopt spirit of the Season and love our fellow mankind, God's most wondrous creation. "Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All Men."

Pastoral History: Rev. Isaac F. Bradley
"A Man of High Standards"

RevBradleyEach month Praise likes to take a brief look back and revist some of Flipper's former pastors whose contributions to the success of our church should never be forgotten. This month we honor the much-beloved Rev. I.F. Bradley (left) who served as pastor of Flipper from 1961 to 1964. Please click here to read more about the life and dedication of Rev. Bradley--a man of high-standards indeed.