Category Archives: Christian

Believing Moses; January 3, 2025

Posted on January 4, 2025 by jgarrott

John 5:46-47 “If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?” This hit me like a load of bricks, … Continue reading →

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Salvation; January 2, 2025

Posted on January 3, 2025 by jgarrott

John 3:14-15 “Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.” The very next verse is the most famous in the whole … Continue reading →

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Waiting Expectantly; January 1, 2025

Posted on January 2, 2025 by jgarrott

Isaiah 40:30-31 Even youths grow tired and weary,    and young men stumble and fall;but those who hope in the Lord    will renew their strength.They will soar on wings like eagles;    they will run and not grow weary,    they will walk and not be faint. As familiar as … Continue reading →

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Being a Light; December 31, 2024

Posted on January 1, 2025 by jgarrott

Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. The Book of Daniel can get pretty cryptic, and in this chapter Daniel himself says … Continue reading →

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The Creator; December 30, 2024

Posted on December 31, 2024 by jgarrott

Isaiah 40:21 Do you not know?    Have you not heard?Has it not been told you from the beginning?    Have you not understood since the earth was founded? This is a rhetorical question, but a very important one that needs to keep being asked every … Continue reading →

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Healing; December 29, 2024

Posted on December 31, 2024 by jgarrott

Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,    he was crushed for our iniquities;the punishment that brought us peace was on him,    and by his wounds we are healed. I think this chapter is one of the most important in the whole Bible, right up there … Continue reading →

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The Purpose of the Incarnation; December 28, 2024

Posted on December 29, 2024 by jgarrott

Colossians 1:19-20 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. When you think about it, it’s … Continue reading →

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Going by the Rules; December 27, 2024

Posted on December 28, 2024 by jgarrott

Luke 2:39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. It’s interesting that Luke completely skips over the magi and the escape to Egypt. … Continue reading →

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Details; December 26, 2024

Posted on December 27, 2024 by jgarrott

Luke 2:22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. This passage makes it definitive that the magi didn’t show up at … Continue reading →

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Matthew; December 25, 2024

Posted on December 26, 2024 by jgarrott

Matthew 2:17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: Matthew is far and away the most Jewish of the Gospels. There is good literary evidence that it was originally written in Aramaic, and only later translated into … Continue reading →

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