MARK J MUSSER

In the 1930s, secular humanist Charles F. Potter wrote, "Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, and every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday school's meeting for an hour once a week and teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?” In 1983, John J. Dunphy, in his award winning essay, The Humanist, penned these words. "The battle for humankind's future must be waged an

READ: Luke 2:41-52; 2 Corinthians 4:4 In the late fall of my son’s fifth grade year, his class was diligently practicing for their school’s upcoming “Winter Program.” (Don’t even try to call it a “Christmas Program!”) During that time, Kyle came home with a story to tell. “Dad, you won’t believe what they did to the song Go Tell it on the Mountain.” Curious, I asked, “What did they do?” “It’s crazy!” He started, “Instead of singing go tell it on the mountain that Jesus Christ

NOTE: For the remainder of this month, this blog will be a bit different. Each day, we will present a devotional thought to help center you on the real reason for the season. Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose,[b] and we have come to worship him.” King Herod was deeply disturbed when he heard this