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While Mary and Joseph could have been in a stable or cave (certainly not an inn!), Luke’s word choice is very telling. In 2:7 , inn is the Greek word kataluma. But in Lk. 10:34, Luke uses another word for inn : pandoxeion . This was the usual word used...
We know from Luke 2:7 that Mary gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn . But, was she alone? Was there a mid-wife? Was Joseph out with the other nervous...
This month at the International Bible Church we're considering all the ways that God the Father prepared his Son Jesus to begin his public ministry at 30 years old, a ministry that would end 3 1/2 years later in a brutal death on the cross. July is...
It is important to see that in the absolute worst situation imaginable (the slaughter of the totally pure Lamb of God), there was an incomprehensible good that was planned. “ For those who love God, all things work together for good ” ( Rom. 8:28 ). When...
The worst evil (the slaughter of the Lamb of God) was done to bring about the greatest good imaginable: the praise of God’s glorious grace. There was no other way to display the glory of the grace of God. Is God’s grace glorious enough in our eyes that...
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