In the Gospel of Luke, the Christmas story reads like an Old Testament miracle story. It begins in the Temple with faithful Zechariah and Elizabeth and ends in the Temple with devout and godly Simeon and Anna. For the Gospel of Luke, the Christmas story is more than just what happened in Bethlehem! Not only […]

When John the Baptist’s miracle birth was announced to Zechariah in the Temple, the angel  made Zechariah mute until the baby was born. After Elizabeth gave birth to the baby, and at his circumcision,  she named him John. That is when Zechariah was able to speak again, and he confirmed that the baby would be […]

In the Gospel of Luke, what happens to John the Baptist happens to Jesus but in a greater way, because Jesus is the Son of God. John the Baptist was a miracle baby given to elderly Zechariah and Elizabeth; and Zechariah responds with the song of praise called the Benedictus. Jesus is a miracle baby […]

In the Gospel of Luke, what happens to John the Baptist happens to Jesus; but what happens to Jesus is greater because He is the Son of God. Both are miracle babies, both are announced by angels, both had songs of praise sung about them. But today THE COMPARISON STOPS when Angels fill the skies […]