Dec 29, 2019
Laziness is not the of lack desire or motivation or passion. On the contrary, laziness is a very strong motivation to serve ourselves born out of an intense desire and passion for comfort. Laziness is not the lack of a drive to do something, but is a strong drive to serve oneself. At its heart, laziness is a form...
Dec 22, 2019
Around 5 BC, Caesar Augustus decreed the whole Roman world was to be accounted for, including Israel. As Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth, they were required to register at Joseph’s ancestral town of Bethlehem, nearly 100 miles south. Mary being nine months pregnant, it was a long, grueling trip to walk or ride.
Dec 15, 2019
After Jesus’ birth in a cave/lower room in a house, Joseph and Mary probably stayed at a relative’s house in Bethlehem before going back to Nazareth. When Jesus was around a year old, men called magi (Gr. magoi, ‘magician’) who specialized in studying wisdom literature, astronomy, and the magic arts, travelled...
Dec 8, 2019
At just the right moment in history, God reached into the life of a young woman at Nazareth in northern Israel. Mary was not expecting to live a particularly extraordinary life. She was probably a teenager, poor, not especially attractive, lived in a rural area, and came from a family with no social influence. God never...
Dec 1, 2019
Jacob was Joseph’s father. While nothing is known of their
relationship, Joseph possibly developed a deep love for his
heavenly Father from his love for his earthly father. Often,
the love people have for God is reflective of the relationship
they have with their own fathers. And Joseph’s love for God
may have come...