As Christmas day approaches, take a moment to read the story of Jesus’ birth… again or for the first time. *********************** In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of…
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The Light of the World Has Come
One of my favorite Old Testament prophecies about Jesus, the coming Messiah, is Isaiah 9. During a time when the Israelites felt beaten down and defeated, God told them about their Savior. When hope was fleeting, and fear was overwhelming, God promised that one day He would come and establish…
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God’s Will… God’s Way
Imagine living in Israel 2,000+ years ago. For generations, God’s holy people had vacillated between devotion to God and wandering in sin. And between repentance and rejection. Many prophets had come to their ancestors, some with warnings of God’s judgment and others with assurances of God’s protection. Many of these…
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ – God’s Plan All Along
The Gospel of Christ Jesus is not an afterthought. God sees the end from the beginning, and he was not surprised when Adam and Eve sinned. He wasn’t suddenly faced with the need for a plan and it didn’t take him generations to come up with one. Christ’s shed blood…
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Israel is God’s Nation
I’m not a political blogger, but since current American leadership seems to be “un-friending” our best friend and deciding to buddy up with the trouble makers, I thought it was a good idea to look at what the Bible says about Israel. I have read the Bible cover to cover…