2025 Worship Guide LINCOLN DAILY NEWS December 2025 Page 21 It's time to turn off the radio, set aside the cell phone, mute the TV, and shut the laptop. It's time to take out your old Bible... the one made out of good old fashioned PAPER... and blow the dust off the cover. It's time to open it up to the Gospel of Luke. "I bring you good news that will bring great joy to all people. The Savior - yes, the Messiah, the Lord - has been born today in Bethlehem, the city of David!... Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" This Christmas text reminds us all of those things we have in common. God has a plan for all of us. All of us need the Messiah to rescue us from sin and idolatry and brokenness and death. All of us, through and in Christ, have an opportunity to come together, and be a part of a world-wide family and world-wide Kingdom where our differences mean little, because our reliance on Christ Jesus means so much! I truly believe that as we walk closer to our Redeemer day by day, and year by year, we will not just become concerned with Kingdom Outcomes, but we will equally be concerned with Kingdom Processes. What I mean by this, is that we are compelled to honor God in both the MEANS and in the ENDS. What we accomplish as a Church or as an Individual Christian is important but so is how we treat other human beings on the way to accomplishing that goal. The message of the Angels at Christmas obviously points us in this direction. Let's turn down the temperature on the rhetoric and the cynicism this Christmas. By God's Grace, let us set a healthier example for discourse and the pursuit of truth in 2026, thinking about that Divine Child who came for ALL OF US! “And when the Lord Jesus has become your peace, remember, there is another thing: good will towards men. Do not try to keep Christmas without good will towards men.” -Charles Spurgeon Ryan Edgecombe Broadwell Christian Church Central Presbyterian Church - Petersburg
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