Monthly Newsletter
December 2025
For unto us a child is born…..
Isaiah 9:6
I bet you know this song.
I heard the bells on Christmas day, their old familiar carols play
…….
This is a very popular song for Christians around Christmas time. But even though we know it have we really thought about the words?
And in despair I bowed my head, there is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song of Peace on earth good will to men
……..
The author wrote this originally as a poem on Christmas day of 1863. The man had born immense personal tragedy and also stared at his nation involved in a civil war. And from his despair came those words. Almost as if he was a child watching his parents fight, the only thing he could do was yell at them, “Please Stop!”
I think we have all felt that way at some point. We look at our world and see as it continuously turns its back on God and even shakes their fists at Him. We love Christmas but there are times where all the lights, all the songs, all the activities, all the gatherings just add up to more weight in an already burdensome world. We can really see how that author thought that the state of his world was a mockery to the message of Christmas.
But he didn’t stay there and neither should we.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
GOD IS NOT DEAD NOR DOTH HE SLEEP
The wrong shall fail and right prevail
With peace on earth good will to men
Wow! What a statement! God is not dead nor doth He sleep! Amen!
Go back in time and I will show you another great statement! Roughly 700 years before Jesus was born there was a prophet named Isaiah. His nation had continuously forsaken God. They had gone into rank and wicked idolatry. They were pleasure mad, materialistic, self-seeking people. They cared only for God as far as He could benefit them. They preferred their own way to His. They hated hearing His words. God call to them constantly to come back to Him, yet they went their own way. As a result, they were in the darkness of sin, judgment, misery and pain. They were like blind people in a dark room. They were at odds with one another and their sin was destroying themselves and each other. They needed an answer to their dilemma. We need an answer to our dilemma.
Unto us a Child is Born
The answer to all our problems is not a stronger warrior, a bigger bully, more knowledge, greater generosity or even better humans. God’s answers to the problems of mankind was a Baby! A Baby unlike any other. A Baby who was God in the Flesh. A Baby who would live the perfect life that we were falling short of. A Baby who was destined to absorb the wrath of God that due us. A Baby who is Christ The Lord!
During this season of Christmas, let’s recommit ourselves to God and His answer and message of hope for the hopeless and light in the darkness. And even if we despair and find our world mocking this, lets look up to Him and give thanks that He is not Dead nor doth He sleep!
Merry Christmas
Pastor Brandon
Isaiah 9:6
I bet you know this song.
I heard the bells on Christmas day, their old familiar carols play
…….
This is a very popular song for Christians around Christmas time. But even though we know it have we really thought about the words?
And in despair I bowed my head, there is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song of Peace on earth good will to men
……..
The author wrote this originally as a poem on Christmas day of 1863. The man had born immense personal tragedy and also stared at his nation involved in a civil war. And from his despair came those words. Almost as if he was a child watching his parents fight, the only thing he could do was yell at them, “Please Stop!”
I think we have all felt that way at some point. We look at our world and see as it continuously turns its back on God and even shakes their fists at Him. We love Christmas but there are times where all the lights, all the songs, all the activities, all the gatherings just add up to more weight in an already burdensome world. We can really see how that author thought that the state of his world was a mockery to the message of Christmas.
But he didn’t stay there and neither should we.
Then pealed the bells more loud and deep
GOD IS NOT DEAD NOR DOTH HE SLEEP
The wrong shall fail and right prevail
With peace on earth good will to men
Wow! What a statement! God is not dead nor doth He sleep! Amen!
Go back in time and I will show you another great statement! Roughly 700 years before Jesus was born there was a prophet named Isaiah. His nation had continuously forsaken God. They had gone into rank and wicked idolatry. They were pleasure mad, materialistic, self-seeking people. They cared only for God as far as He could benefit them. They preferred their own way to His. They hated hearing His words. God call to them constantly to come back to Him, yet they went their own way. As a result, they were in the darkness of sin, judgment, misery and pain. They were like blind people in a dark room. They were at odds with one another and their sin was destroying themselves and each other. They needed an answer to their dilemma. We need an answer to our dilemma.
Unto us a Child is Born
The answer to all our problems is not a stronger warrior, a bigger bully, more knowledge, greater generosity or even better humans. God’s answers to the problems of mankind was a Baby! A Baby unlike any other. A Baby who was God in the Flesh. A Baby who would live the perfect life that we were falling short of. A Baby who was destined to absorb the wrath of God that due us. A Baby who is Christ The Lord!
During this season of Christmas, let’s recommit ourselves to God and His answer and message of hope for the hopeless and light in the darkness. And even if we despair and find our world mocking this, lets look up to Him and give thanks that He is not Dead nor doth He sleep!
Merry Christmas
Pastor Brandon
