Tag: Matthew
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Emmanuel -2
Christmas according to the Gospel Yesterday, in part one of this 3-part Christmas series, I mentioned that ‘Emmanuel’ is a Latin or romanized spelling of “Immanuel” from the Hebrew. I also remind us that Christmas was a minor celebration, actually banned at times by the church. We began discussion of the Nativity (the birth of…
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Between Sabbaths – Convocations and Holiness
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Leviticus 23:2 KJV Holy Holidays We’ve lost something of the holiness of the holidays in the translation. Worldliness seeps steadily into our daily lives and we…
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God’s Love Through John: Light of a greater testimony
“John was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. Jesus, of John the Baptist – John 5:35 CSB The Illustration The Apostle John makes more references to light in his Gospel than any other New Testament writer. Job, Psalms and Isaiah in the Old Testament…
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