Sometimes little towns, ordinarily only dots on the map, achieve great fame. Green Bay, a rural Wisconsin town, is notable because it sponsors a National League Football team. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was settled by Moravian Christians in 1735 to be a peaceful town of the simple life. The Moravians were descendants of John Hus, who suffered martyrdom for his faith in Bohemia before the Lutheran Reformation. The Moravians in Pennsylvania chose the name “Bethlehem” for their village, because they wanted to imitate the simplicity of life so apparent in the Christmas story. The headquarters of the northern province of the Moravian Church in America are still there. Ironically, the city is better known today as having been the center of what was one of the great steel companies of America, Beth…
A Town of Promise
Micah 5:1-4
Micah 5:1-4
Sermon
by Harry N. Huxhold
by Harry N. Huxhold
CSS Publishing Company, The Presence in the Promise, by Harry N. Huxhold