Christmas Cousins

Luke 2:13 a multitude of angels appear and say or sing Hallelujah! Glory to God in the highest. Luke 1:68 – six months earlier, Zacharias sings poem/ chant, while holding his new son, John. Luke 1:76 – you will be the prophet most high, to proclaim and...

What Christ Did for Us on the First Christmas

Philippians 2:6 This was the greatest demonstration of unconditional love ever Colossians 1 – creation Jesus is God – John 1:1 Philippians 2:6 – Jesus gave up some privileges of Godhood to come to earth to be born humble conditions to live a...

Looking in the Face of an Angel

Luke 1:13 Zacharias is performing priestly duty in the temple, burning Frankincense when Gabriel appears to him. Daniel describes Gabriel as wearing a linen robe, as a high priest would, wearing a belt of gold, with a face like lightning, his eyes like red coals, arms...

3 Kings (Magi)

Matthew 2:1 The present day America Christmas Culture, with 25 days of shopping on the TV, and full parking lots at stores, and movies of red-nosed reindeers,  is very much lacking the message of Jesus’s birth. Who were the Magi? Wise men, astrologers, probably...