December 3 “And I give unto them eternal life…” John 10:28 (KJV) The humble birth of our Lord hardly was suggestive of the uniqueness of the person who was placed in a manger (royalty enshrined in human flesh, the Savior of humankind). There was no heralding of trumpets, no grand parade, just the sounds of animals …
But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. (Luke 2:19, ESV) There is no season of the year more festive, significant, and memorable than Christmas. The colors, the sounds, the family gatherings, the special meals, and the excitement of children and grandchildren make for happy memories. (In our house we have …
In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.JOHN 1:4 NASB John begins his narrative with an apostolic testimony concerning Jesus, his intent in writing being rooted in an intense desire to make known the person, claims, and accomplishments of the man he met one day on the northern shore of the …
O sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done wonderful things . . . The Lord has made known His salvation . . . He has remembered His lovingkindness. (Psalm 98:1–3, NASB) This psalm calls God’s people to exuberant praise (98:1). The reason—His deeds (98:1) are reflective of His redemptive mercies (98:2) and faithfulness to …
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (Mark 1:1, NET) Mark 1:1 is something of a superscription; it is not a sentence having no verb. Yet, it tells us much about the special season that is upon us, the exuberant celebration of the greatest event in history: the coming into …
For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6, NASB) The apartment on Swiss Avenue was rather bare, our plight being little different than …
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 1:18, NASB) That Jesus came into our world is a fact made clear in the pages of Holy Scripture; it is …
“…Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham” (Matthew 1:1, NIV). “What’s in a Title?” The opening line of Matthew’s description of the claims of a Galilean from Nazareth, an obscure village in the north of Israel (a blended Gentile-Jewish area), would have been met with shock and amazement, skepticism and ridicule by …
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among you …” (Deuteronomy 18:15, NASB). The nation’s religious leadership sent a contingent of soldiers to arrest Jesus. They sought to silence Him because the throngs were “hanging on his words” (Luke 19:48). Enraged by their failure, the leadership demanded an explanation. “Why did …
