In the first of a two-part Christmas series, we studied the announcement in Luke 1:26-38 that the angel Gabriel made to Mary about the baby she would bear. We focused on who was involved in this announcement, where it happened, and what it meant. Next week we will study why it had to be this way.
Even though it was hard for the Hebrew slaves to see it, and hard for us sometimes, God does care.
Christian thinking is thinking like Jesus, especially as seen in his becoming one of us to die on the cross.
Because God's power is greater than ours, we ought to obey God, knowing that the joy he gives is greater than suffering humans can...