That God loves you is the main thing…and he came to earth to show us that…that’s it really. —Rev. John H. Foster
Instead of sending the angel Gabriel to a queen or princess, God sent the angel to a young girl betrothed to a
They lived in an insignificant town in an
The marriage would have been arranged by her
She would live at home for a
The marriage was
Mary is shaken or greatly troubled because an angel or possibly a
A 200-year-old popular folktale told of a jealous angel who appeared on a bride’s wedding night
Mary’s “yes” is all the more astonishing given the context of
Mary, God’s favored one, was blessed with having a child out of wedlock who would later be executed as a criminal. Acceptability, prosperity, and comfort have never been the essence of God’s blessing. The story is so familiar that we let its familiarity mask its scandal. —R. Alan Culpepper
The miracle of Christmas was born through the willingness of
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