Luke 3:23-38 by Tom Graves Today’s passage is Luke’s version of the genealogy of Jesus. Genealogies were important in Jewish culture. Exodus 6 sets the pattern by providing a genealogy of Moses. A biblical priest had to prove an unbroken family line all the way back...
Psalm 148:1-14 by Susan Rucker One of my favorite Christmas carols is “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing.” I have always assumed that the carol was right, and the angels really did sing that night of Jesus’ birth. Not everyone agrees. In fact, on several Internet sites...
Romans 1:1-7 by Susan Rucker Paul Harvey was an iconic radio personality. Broadcasting to a national audience from 1951 until his death in 2009, his Wall Street Journal obituary stated that his broadcasts brought in more than 10% of all of ABC radio’s advertising...
Micah 5:2-5 by Tom Graves It is the day after Christmas and the observance of Advent has come to an end. It is easy in the hectic pace of the Christmas season to forget its meaning. In fact, the way our modern-American culture celebrates Christmas, with its emphasis...
Philippians 2: 5-11 by Rob & Bettina Sandford We are usually shocked to discover that someone could ascend to fame from such humble beginnings as, for example, the poor, self-educated lawyer who became the 16th President of the United States. We are just as...
