December 16

When I was a little boy, we sang a song called, “Deep and Wide.”  It spoke about a fountain that came from God and was both deep and wide.  Today I read a series of verses in Romans 11 that brought my mind to the same place as when I was a little boy.  “O the depth of the riches …

December 15

With Christmas fast approaching, I have been thinking a great deal about one of the names given to Jesus long before He ever touched the hay of Bethlehem’s manger.  The Old Testament prophet was told that a virgin would give birth to the Messiah, and that His name would be Immanuel (the New Testament spelling is Emmanuel).  That name means, …