An explorer's guide to the New Covenant hosted by Ron Bailey and Robert Wurtz II.
Meanwhile a hundred miles away in the hill country of Judaea… The gospel according to Luke begins in Jerusalem and in the temple. It begins with an old priest and his old wife. Their testimony shines clearly through the text.
Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be
…an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting. (Mic 5:2
I think for many of our readers Christmas day will be full with happy distractions so we will pause our series for a day or two and then resume. In the meantime we pray a Blessed Christmas and lots of
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isa 9:5–6 ASV) These
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isa 7:14 ASV) The prophet Isaiah had a long ministry of more than 40 years. ‘The
I will tell of the decree: Jehovah said unto me, Thou art my son; This day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I will give thee the nations for thine inheritance, (Ps 2:7–8 ASV) The promise of a Son to
When thy days are fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, that shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. (Gen 49:10 ASV) Time flies… and sometimes crawls. Time passes unevenly in
