Luke 1:35 And the angel answered her, ”The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.” (ESV) The Son of God. Earlier the angel had said “Son of the Most High” which was also […]
Luke 1:35 And the angel answered her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. (ESV) There are plenty of misunderstandings and much genuine warping of what happened to Mary. Contrary to what […]
Service Order for 9:00 AM Sunday, December, 16, 2012 Nemmers Family Chapel at Advocate Condell Prelude—O Come, All Ye Faithful Welcome — Barbara Shafer, Christ Church Highland Park Worship in Song— Come Thou Long Expected Jesus (Hymn 102) Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Hymn 106) Prayer – Bill Slater, Christ Church Lake Forest and Bill Slater […]
Luke 1:35 And the angel answered her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.(ESV) Hurrying to the response will make us overlook something really important: God answered. Angels are created beings. Their […]
Luke 1:34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” (ESV) Out of the million possible answers to her question, the angel responds simply and factually with the most outrageous claim since “Let there be light.” The response is actually far more outrageous than informative. Today, enjoy this photo […]
Fred Gailey: All my life I’ve wondered something, and now’s my chance to find out. I’m going to find the answer to a question that’s puzzled the world for centuries. Does Santa Claus sleep with his whiskers outside or in? Kris Kringle: Always sleep with them out. Cold air makes them grow. No offense to […]
Jon, you’re absolutely right that Bill O’Reilly is wrong: Christianity is not a philosophy. (Readers: follow the link to The Daily Show.) I’d give you an A in philosophy of who Jesus claimed to be. O’Reilly might need to repeat the class if he’s going to call himself Christian. If Jesus is just a philosopher of historic […]
There is no pregnant pause after the angel finishes his five point message on the Messiah. Mary just blurts out the question that has been forming all the while. How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” (Luke 1:34) The echo of this question has resounded throughout history. Logic or […]
Luke 1:31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over […]
Warning: I revised yesterday’s devotional for clarity purposes—just to make sure that no one attributes Jesus’ conception to anything other than the virgin conception recorded in Scripture. In my effort to put myself in Mary’s sandals and think about what may have been going through her mind, I mentioned the biological father of Jesus […]
