In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of…

  We grope for the wall like the blind;        we grope like those who have no eyes;                    we stumble at noon as in the twilight,        among those in full vigor we are like dead men.  Many years ago, I listened to a number of tapes of lectures from a preacher named Malcolm Smith. He gave six talks on covenants that were…

Isaiah 59:1:2 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,        or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;              2       but your iniquities have made a separation        between you and your God,                    and your sins have hidden his face from you        so that he does not hear.  Is God deaf? In our Wednesday night Bible…

“Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in…

And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the LORD all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.” Traditional marriage vows have this phrase included. “…to love,…

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.  If you ever wondered why the Bible is divided into the Old Testament and New Testament, verse 17 from John is a good place to…