Opinion

We’re all familiar with the charges that the Iranians and Chinese played a part in the presidential election because of a desire to sink a president who was making life rough for them. As is usually the case, however, the issue is more complex than generally pictured. I, for example, have a Trump 2020 sign in my front yard that was sold on Ebay and printed in China. China was playing both sides in the political game with the simple motive of wanting to make money. Such mixed motives often drive their activities. Individual businessmen in China may take different positions (within certain limits imposed on them by their government). Chinese political influence, however, is always there.

The coming of Jesus Christ to this earth is without a doubt the single greatest event that has ever happened in history. You cannot encounter the Christ of Christmas and walk away untouched. You either recognize Him in faith or you walk your own path in life that will end ultimately in destruction.

Every man and woman is born to cry. Crying usually is our first act outside the womb. That first whack from the doctor or midwife shocks us into the harsh reality of life. How many mothers, after a long-troubled childbirth, then have wept along with their child? How wonderful that we should be blessed by the Creator with the gift of tears.