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Wednesday December 5th: 27 Kislev Today is the 27th day of Kislev and the third day of Hanukkah. As we have already shared, Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Temple after it had been defiled by the Greeks under Antiochus IV, also known as Epiphanes. It was in the year 168 B.C. that the first […]

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Friday December 7th: 29 Kislev It was on this day in 1496 that King Manuel I of Portugal ordered the expulsion of all Jews from his country. If you remember your history, this was just a few short years after Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain had done the same thing. Manuel’s queen was also named […]

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T.L. Osborn was born December 23, 1923 to Charles Richard Osborn and Mary (Brown) on the family farm in Pocasset, Oklahoma. He stepped through the veil into eternity peacefully, at home surrounded by four generations of his beloved family on February 14th 2013 shortly after asking His Lord Jesus, β€œTake me home!” He was 89. […]

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For all of those who live in the northern hemisphere, winter is upon us – a time of dead leaves and gloomy weather. Not surprisingly, during this time of year many people struggle with depression. Perhaps its because of the stark landscape and sunless skies or just the overall environment that winter creates. Whatever it […]

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Sometime in the month of December (of this year?) Raymond Culpepper will allow Metro Church of God in Birmingham, Alabama get on with the finalized process of selecting a pastor upon the approval of the COG executive administrators. The process begins with the congregation voting to submit a pastoral recommendation to the State AB and […]