This is a list of the posts made here. It begins with the most recent post, working backward to the first one.
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When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let us now go to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”So they came hurrying and found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby lying in a manger. When they had seen Him, they…
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Suddenly there was with the angel a company of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, and good will toward men.” Luke 2:13–14 — Modern English Version (Thinline Edition.; Lake Mary, FL: Passio, 2014) Part of our Christmas tradition is visiting Disney World. We were…
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And in the same area there were shepherds living in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And then an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were very afraid. Luke 2:8–9 — Modern English Version (Thinline Edition.; Lake Mary, FL: Passio,…
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In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the entire inhabited earth should be taxed. This taxation was first made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone went to his own city to be taxed.So Joseph also departed from the city of Nazareth in Galilee to the City of David which…
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And Joseph, when he woke up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and he took his wife and did not have sexual relations with her until she gave birth to a son. And he called his name Jesus. Matthew 1:24–25 — The Lexham English Bible (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2012)…
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Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin legally promised in marriage to a man named Joseph of the house of David. And the name of the virgin was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The…
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In one of our recent excursions in the text of the Gospel of Matthew, we encountered Jesus preparing His disciples for the near-term future when He would die and rise again. Clearly, in that discussion, the part He spoke of Himself rising again was ignored by His friends, as they were more concerned with ensuring…
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Then Jesus said to them, “All of you will fall away on account of Me this night, for it is written:‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’ Matthew 26:31 — Modern English Version (Thinline Edition.; Lake Mary, FL: Passio, 2014) Jesus told the disciples of many insights from…
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“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were wise and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps, but took no oil with them. But the wise took jars of oil with their lamps. While the…
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“To the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write:“The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says these things: I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot,…
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