“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 December 23, 2024 The angel appeared to the shepherds and announced three titles given to the baby born in Bethlehem. The birth of Jesus was God’s gift to Israel of her Messiah. The story […]
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“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 December 20, 2024 Yes, it challenges our thinking but makes us open our eyes and ears to God’s infinite wisdom. The baby in Mary’s womb was God the Son, our Savior, Israel’s Messiah, and
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“For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 December 18, 2024 We must not allow the core truth about Christmas to be eclipsed by “holiday celebration.” The secularization of our society has not yet erased the Christmas story recorded in Luke 2
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3 December 16, 2024 What hope does Israel have for her future? At the end of the coming Tribulation the redeemed remnant of Israel can count on a secure Millennial Jerusalem (Isa. 26:1-6). Peace is promised by
“And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.” Ecclesiastes 1:13 December 13, 2024 Can human reason arrive at the meaning of life? Many are convinced that
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“Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun?” Ecclesiastes 1:2-3 December 11, 2024 Where can we find the meaning of life? Does life have any purpose? If it does where is the answer to be found?
“Therefore I will hedge up her way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, so that she cannot find her paths.” Hosea 2:6 December 9, 2024 God in His rule over all our circumstances chooses to set up hedges around His people. God set up a wall of protection around Job to
“He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.” Luke 1:32 December 6, 2024 What?! It is possible, but not preferable, to have our attention drawn away from the real meaning of the Christmas season. Our
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“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.” John 14:3 December 4, 2024 A factor in choosing the house in which you want to live is “location, location, location.” On the heels of Jesus’ telling
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“And he came to her and said, ‘Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!’” Luke 1:28 December 2, 2024 With the Christmas season upon us, the birth story of Jesus will be told and heard by millions. Out of nowhere we meet a teenage girl named Mary. Who was she and what is
