December 28th, 2009 
alandanielson December 29, 2009 is my 38th Birthday so I’m asking all my readers for a gift: Will you please share this post with your network? 2009 has been in a season of personal discovery and I’m excited to say that I sense God’s leading to again become a Sr/Lead Pastor in a local church. Here’s [...]
December 24th, 2009 alandanielson The Christmas account recorded in Matthew is full of reminders that God is faithful. In Matthew 1:20 an angel tells Joseph not to divorce Mary. In Matthew 2:12 the Magi were warned not to return to Herod. In Matthew 2:13 the angel warns Joseph to flee with Mary and the new baby to Egypt. Then [...]
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No Comments » December 23rd, 2009 alandanielson [The Magi] entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his mother. Overcome, they kneeled and worshiped him. Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh. ~Matt 2:11 (MSG) According to Matthew’s account of Christ’s birth Magi or “wise men” came from the east to worship Jesus. [...]
Posted in Character, Spiritual Growth Tags: east, Faith, kings, magi, men, oreint, prophecies, prophecy, three, wise No Comments » December 22nd, 2009 alandanielson In Matthew 1:18-25 we find the story of Joseph being faced with the problem of what seemed to be an unfaithful fiancée. The love of his life, sweet little Mary, had slept with someone and been knocked up! Like us, he probably wondered how this could happen…how could it happen to him? Then, just [...]
December 21st, 2009 alandanielson The 4 gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth explore different angles of the incarnation story. During this time of year we hear he accounts with such frequency that we sometimes have a tendency to mix them up. Proof of this is in manger scenes prominently displayed in our homes. Seeing wise men and shepherds [...]
Posted in Spiritual Growth Tags: christmas, Faith, faithfulness, gospel, gospels, Matthew, men, nativity, set, story, wise, wisemen No Comments » December 16th, 2009 alandanielson Each of the four Gospels has a slightly different telling of the Christmas story, but did you know that Paul also told the Christmas story in Romans? The following passage from Romans 8 is not traditionally thought of as a “Christmas passage”, but the Message translation certainly opens our eyes to a new way [...]
December 16th, 2009 alandanielson One of my favorite Christmas movies is Superman Returns. I know, you’re thinking, “That’s not a Christmas movie, Alan”. To me it’s a great Christmas movie because of all the messianic symbolism in the story. It parallels the incarnation story very well. So rent it, dust off the copy you have on your shelf or [...]
December 15th, 2009 alandanielson During the Christmas season I sit down with my 3 boys every evening to talk about the meaning of the holiday. Last night we talked about the word “incarnation”. According to Dictionary.com The Incarnation is “the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is [...]
Posted in Special, Spiritual Growth Tags: anti, anti-religion, antireligion, Christ, christmas, deity, God, good, holiness, holy, humanity, incarnation, is, relevance, religion 2 Comments » December 14th, 2009 alandanielson I just added a couple of mp3 files to my site on the “Preaching Audio and Video” page. One is an evangelistic message I preached in Tracy, California and one is my message from the Right Now 2009 conference. Please enjoy them and pass them on to people you know. Here’s a direct link to [...]
Posted in Leadership, Small Groups, Spiritual Growth Tags: Alan, alandanielson.tv, Danielson, Evangelist, message, messages, preacher, Preaching, sermon, sermons, speaker, Speaking, talk No Comments » December 8th, 2009 alandanielson Unfortunately this post probably won’t help anyone who finds it by googling “guilt”. I’m writing today to help myself. When a friend from my small group named Kent was injured last Friday while the two of us were getting ready to hang Christmas lights I felt helpless (you can read about Kent’s fall here). Now [...]
