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This 30-day devotional provides both a fresh look at the Christmas story and the opportunity for daily meaningful discussion. Full of surprising discovery and deep insight, The Christmas Story Again-For the First Time will encourage you in your faith and urge you to pause and reflect on the overarching story of love and redemption woven through the celebration of Advent.

Who is Santa Claus? And how did he, over Christ, become the Christmas idol? For centuries, the figure of Santa Claus has slowly overtaken the spotlight of the Christmas season, and humanity has begun substituting the celebration of the birth of Christ for the lust of material possessions. What many fail to understand, however, is that Christ is the greatest gift of all. Who Is Santa Claus Biblically? by Roland Ramirez exposes Santa Claus for who he truly is-the Enemy, a wolf hidden in sheep's clothing. In this work, Ramirez discusses how it is not of God when we take our eyes off of Jesus and place them on any other matter during the Christmas season. Satan is strategic in his maneuverings, Ramirez asserts, using three attacks to turn our attention away from Christ's glory: the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. Removing the Word from our hearts over generations, Satan replaces blessed worship with cursed objects. The Enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. Even the most innocent sounding concepts like Santa Claus hold a far more sinful nature than we can imagine, and there is no greater deception than the loss of salvation. This year, put Christ back on the Christmas tree and hang the fruits of His sacrifice as ornaments. Jesus is the only One to receive the glory.

Lent is an ideal time to step back and reflect on the deeper movements of the spirit, and Elizabeth Caldwell helps readers do this through a simple but profound approach.Pause: Spending Lent with the Psalms invites us to take up the spiritual practice of encountering, sinking into, and deeply engaging with one psalm each week during Lent and Holy Week.The season of Lent encourages Christians to consider a different pace-one of slowing down, noticing, pausing-than what our dominant culture values. The invitation to pause with the Psalms begins on Ash Wednesday, starting with a mark of ashes on our foreheads that reminds us that in spite of our failures-things we have done or failed to do-we belong to God. Readers are then guided into an exploration of Psalm 51 and the theme of a clean heart. Each chapter helps readers to connect an image drawn from that psalm, such as paths, faces, blessing, tables, waiting, thanksgiving, listening, being alone or abandoned, and hands, with their own lives. At the close of each chapter, readers are invited to try a different prayer practice to help them continue to reflect on the theme and psalm each day. This intentional engagement-without feeling burdensome-opens just enough space and time for a creative spiritual practice to flourish, sustaining the life of faith during the Lenten season in ways that can make a difference in God's world.Reflection and discussion questions are included with each chapter and the book includes a leader's guide at the end for study groups.In addition to the individual devotion and group study material found in the book, you can access free digital resources, which include a sermon series guide, children's bulletins, and illustrated sheets for use during worship or study, at www.wjkbooks.com/Pause.

The second book in the series of graded arrangements of 12 all time favorite Christmas songs for acoustic, fingerstyle and classical guitar players.A further collection of twelve of the most well known and loved Christmas carols and holiday season songs beautifully arranged for guitar by guitarist James Akers.Each of the 12 songs are offered at beginner, intermediate and advanced technical versions. For beginners, start with the easy version of the song, then build up to the more complex versions which are all found in this book. This publication would also be an excellent resource for guitar teachers looking for potential material for students around Christmas time.This book offersAll songs are notated in both music and guitar TAB for non music readers.All advanced versions of the song come with QR codes for watching a video performance of each song.THE TWELVE SONGS INCLUDED ARE:Deck the HallsHark the Herald Angels SingI Saw Three ShipsIn the Bleak MidwinterJoy To The WorldO Come All Ye FaithfulO Little Town Of BethlehemOnce In Royal David's CityThe Coventry CarolThe First NowellThe Holly and The IvyWhile Shepherds Watched Their FlocksPlus a bonus mystery song!FREE DOWNLOAD OF EXTRA MATERIALA link is included within the book to download free extra material which accompanies the publication. Contents of the free download are:mp3 versions of all advanced versions of the Christmas carol guitar arrangements for you to listen to before practice.mp3 accompanying tracks for the beginner versions of the Christmas carols for play along.A PDF book which details all the chords used in the beginner guitar chord arrangements offered in chord diagram format for easy understanding.

Wreaths. Garland. Candles. Nativity scenes. Gifts. Loved ones. What better time to share a quiet moment with God than the season for celebrating the gift of His Son Jesus?Featuring inspirational scriptures and brief story meditations, these devotions will help you experience the true meaning of Christmas. Each scripture and devotion helps you focus on His love and share that love with others. Your heart will be warmed and you will rejoice in His love, as you keep Christ in Christmas this holiday season.

The Twelve Days of Christmas explains a very traditional song sang during the Christmas holidays. The song story is set in the 1500s when Catholics had to go underground to escape persecution from the King of England, the first king to splinter religion on a massive level.

The REAL Santa Claus shares heart-warming, heart-wrenching, touching, and true stories that Santa's visitors have personally shared with him. The captivating and moving tales come directly from the hearts of Santa's believers young and old. Some will bring tears to your eyes and others will make you smile, but ALL will touch your heart and prove you're never too old to believe in the REAL Santa. "Santa's Tales" also brings you into Santa's personal life and his behind the scenes life and the importance of The Santa Way.

This is a book about the history and traditions of Saint Nicholas and the celebration of his feast day. The book covers the history of the saint, his role in Christian tradition, and the various customs associated with his feast day in different parts of the world. The edition includes illustrations and a bibliography for further reading.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.