Nazareth: Jesus’ Boyhood Home

Nazareth today Can any good thing come from Nazareth?~John 1:46 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of a carpenter, spent His childhood in Nazareth, yet He was rejected there. At one point, He was even run out of town and, but for a miracle, His own townspeople would have thrown Jesus over the brow of a …

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A Week that Changed History: He is Risen!

This sign actually hangs on a door marking the entrance into the Garden Tomb Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came …

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The Power of Jesus’ Presence in Your Life and Mine!

By divine sovereignty, the power of Jesus’ presence was put on display even before His birth.  (See here and here.)  Not only did the power of Jesus’ presence make Mary a favored one, but the baby in Elizabeth’s womb leaped in the presence of the Christ child alive in Mary’s womb.  Indeed, God the Father …

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The Power of Jesus’ Presence: Mary’s Conception

Jesus’ presence is powerful, and was active even prior to His birth.  As the Christmas season winds down, we’re going back in time to before our Savior’s birth to discover the earthly advent of that power.  Yesterday we focused on the announcement from the angel Gabriel to Zacharias that his wife, Elizabeth, a barren, older …

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