He split the rocks in the desert and gave them water as abundant as the seas. (Psalm 78:15, NIV) Looking at Psalm 78, one would not at first see it as either messianic or Christmas-like. It is an encouragement to parents about instructing their children, reciting God’s great acts in bringing Israel out of Egypt. Asaph’s

The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. (1 John 3:8, NIV) First John 3:8 doesn’t sound like a verse for a Christmas meditation! There’s no Christmas Carol I know that exalts destroying the devil’s work as a key contribution of Jesus’s Incarnation, but this is a liberating and wonderful

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. (Matthew 1:17, NASB) At Christmas, I often tell anecdotes about my family emigrating from England sixty years ago when I was thirteen. I wish

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” (John 14:6, NASB) The Bible as a whole is a set of directives pointing the way to God—and, in a sense, the way back to the Garden of Eden where our first

“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.” (Deuteronomy 18:15, NIV) It’s always gratifying when a promise is finally made good. It’s an encouragement to faith when a Scripture prophecy comes true! Amazingly, many people often don’t recognize

“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me’” (John 14:6, NASB). The Bible as a whole is a set of directives pointing the way to God—and, in a sense, the way back to the Garden of Eden where our first