Roger Knecht » Jesus Christ http://www.rogerknecht.com God, Family & Country Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:44:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 The Wise Men Seek Jesus http://www.rogerknecht.com/2011/12/27/the-wise-men-seek-jesus/ http://www.rogerknecht.com/2011/12/27/the-wise-men-seek-jesus/#comments Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:31:32 +0000 rknecht http://www.rogerknecht.com/?p=18290 The Wise Men present Jesus with gifts—gold, frankincense, and myrrh. After their visit, Mary and Joseph flee to Egypt to protect Jesus from the wicked King Herod, who wishes to kill the child.

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This year was not feeling like Christmas .

We’ve all had those “off” years, so you know what I’m talking about.

If you’re a mother, on whom the majority of the Christmas production rests,…

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~by Michelle

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the “Mormons”) reserve Monday nights to spend with family, for what is called Family Home Evening. Last week, we went to a Christmas “Night in Bethlehem”…

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Nativity scene: “Let me pose a question. If Christ himself arranged a Nativity scene, how might that arrangement look? Would the shepherds be on one side and the Wise Men on the other? Would baby Jesus

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“Knowest thou the condescension of God?” (1 Nephi 11:16) We miss the significance of the question posed to Nephi if we think that “to condescend” means to patronize, or to act in a smugly superior…

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While at the mall a couple of years ago, my then four year old nephew,
Spencer, saw kids lined up to see Santa Claus. Having been taught as a
toddler…

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