In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) And everyone went to their own town to…
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For He Will Save
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to…
Full of Grace and Truth
Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all the people were on their way to register…
A Meditation for Christmas Day
Just look at Him. He doesn’t look very remarkable lying there in the straw. He seems very much as any other newborn ~ red and wrinkled and making sucking motions with His tiny mouth in His sleep. Just the same,…
Prophecies of Christ’s Birth ~ revisited, part III
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above…