Cyndi Carter

Being a Christian doesn’t mean your life will be smooth and easy.  In fact, Jesus said we’d encounter trouble and sorrow.  It’s not always easy to be positive when hard circumstances come your way.  Personally, I’ve had times when I didn’t exactly have a smile on my face. The psalmists repeatedly encourage us to remember the things God […]

Angels appeared to shepherds to tell them that Jesus had been born, and the shepherds were terrified. But an angel told them not to fear, that they brought good news; and they sang praises to God before they returned to heaven.  Have you ever wondered what they do there? Years ago, our pastor presented a message

On this day, we light the third Advent candle called the Shepherd’s Candle.  Immediately after Jesus’ birth, angels were sent to tell the shepherds in the fields around Bethlehem about His arrival. Why is this significant?  There are many who believe that although shepherds provided a needed service, they were looked down upon.  They lived in the rough,

Bethlehem was a little farming village, and the name means “house of bread.”  The hometown of King David, sheep used for sacrifices in the Temple were raised there.  Otherwise, it was a small backwater town.  But it was the birthplace of Jesus. Micah 5:2 foretells the coming of the Messiah in Bethlehem.  Most translations refer to the town as

When the star appeared, the wise men recognized it as the sign of a supernatural event, then searched the scriptures to find out what it meant.  They undertook a hazardous journey that would take several months.  It’s quite possible they weren’t wealthy men, as tradition tells us, but men of ordinary means.  They may have struggled for the