by George Runyan | Dec 25, 2012 | George Runyan
John 1:4-5 – In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. The Gospel of John does not give us the details of the Christmas story, but sums up in these two verses what the Christmas story...
by George Runyan | Dec 24, 2012 | George Runyan
Matthew 2:19-20 – When Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” Christmas Eve is a wonderful time...
by George Runyan | Dec 23, 2012 | George Runyan
Matthew 2:16 – When Herod saw that he was tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under. For a devotional, this Scripture is not encouraging, but it is...
by George Runyan | Dec 22, 2012 | George Runyan
Matthew 2:7 – Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. The magi came first to Jerusalem in their pursuit of finding the newborn King of the Jews. Sometime had transpired since the birth of Christ; remember they had...
by George Runyan | Dec 21, 2012 | George Runyan
Matthew 2:1 – After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who is born King of the Jews”? The magi were known as “wise men” from Persia. They were like the magicians or...
