The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.” Luke 2:1-20 New International Version (NIV) In Those Days “And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus ...
Chapter 4PRAISING, CURSING, OR IGNORING THE OTHERJEWS, CHRISTIANS, AND MUSLIMS AT ONE ANOTHER’S HOLYSPACES IN THE ISLAMICATE MEDITERRANEANIntroductionMuCh iNThElegal traditions of the Jews, Christians, and Muslims of the Islamicate world served to delineate and maintain community boundaries. Yet in ...
For all the platitudes rattled off in election speeches this year about the United States, none can be truer from either side of the aisle than those praising our citizens in uniform. Now as much as ever- considering our armed forces are made up entirely of voluntary troops- we owe our ...
When you hear the words of Jesus about how hard it is for a rich person to get into the kingdom of God, then the choice of giving all of your money to the poor to become poor and obtain the kingdom of God should be an easy choice, if you want the kingdom of God. When we ge...
12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those ...
To accent the announcement, “Suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to people he favors.” Those shepherds couldn’t wait another minute to hurry to Bethlehem and see for themse...
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. 21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called Jesus, which was so named of the angel before he was...
you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and ...
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Jesus Calling to place next to her Bible, so she can begin her day in God’s Word, as she sees me do…and when the attacks of doubt come…she can open the book to the page where it is written…on this day, Maggie accepted Christ…and there is no longer any room for that doubt...