Guest speaker Justin Nash John 4:1-29 Henry Gerecke was a WWII chaplain who agreed to minister to Nazi leaders on trial at Nuremburg after the war was over. Knowing that some or all of them may be hanged at the end of the trials, he felt an urgency to bring them to saving knowledge of […]
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Written by Dawn Rutan The Gospel of Matthew 2:18 quotes the prophecy of Jeremiah 31:15 (ESV), “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” Matthew indicates that this prophecy was fulfilled by Herod killing
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Written by Dawn Rutan As our choir was practicing one of our songs for Christmas, I was thinking about the seemingly conflicting messages we hear. One verse of “Tell the World” says “Tell the hopeless He’s the Promise now fulfilled before their eyes. Tell the restless in His presence ev’ry need is satisfied.” But historically,
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Written by Dawn Rutan There has been much speculation about who the wise men were who came to find the baby Jesus. Where did they come from? How did they read the stars? Were they Zoroastrians? The Bible doesn’t give much detail in Matthew 2 aside from the fact that they were from the East.
Written by Dawn Rutan I wonder what it was that enabled Mary to say to the angel “Let it be to me according to your word” (Luke 1:38 ESV)? How did she develop such a faith in God that allowed her to accept the news, apparently with a glad and sincere heart? It’s not clear
Written by Dawn Rutan In preparation for Christmas I’ve been reading the first few chapters of Luke, and I noticed something I hadn’t seen before. When the angel appears to Zechariah announcing his coming son, Zechariah asks, “How shall I know this?” (I imagine the angel saying “How many angelic messages does it take to