It started a long, long time ago. Long before the Word became flesh, God’s people were enslaved. The Hebrew people were forced into hard labor. They built cities and monuments for Egypt. The people prayed that God would rescue them from their captors. God answered. A Hebrew named Moses, [...]

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“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”  This verse is, of course, the climax of all time.  Everything—past, present, and future—points to the grand entrance of God into the world.  It isn’t just [...]

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Darkness abounds on Earth.  John introduces us to Jesus as the eternal Son of God and Creator of the universe in the first five verses of his Gospel.  From verses six through thirteen, he lays out the world’s response to the hope we are given in Christ.
“There was a man sent from God, whose name [...]

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