Today we begin a new series: “Ten Lessons for Today from the Christmas Story.” Did you know that there are more than three hundred Old Testament prophecies fulfilled in Jesus? The first of these was made almost four thousand years before Jesus was born. God’s timing is not the same as ours. He has a long view. But you can be assured that He will act in the “fullness of time.” Scriptures referenced in this episode include Isaiah 55:8-9; Psalm 90:4, 10; Hebrews 11:3; Isaiah :14-46:9-10; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:35; Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:4-6; Ephesians 3:8; 1 Peter 1:10-12; Genesis 3:14-15; and Galatians 4:4.
Growing up in a devout Hebrew household in Nazareth, Mary learned the importance of faith from her father, a shepherd, who instilled in her...
Notes The Bible has many stories about remarkable mothers. These women obeyed God's calling, served sacrificially, and built lives of faith for their families....
In John 3:3, Jesus said to Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who came to him by night, “Very truly I tell you, no one...