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John Calvin on Shepherds, Angels, Bethlehem, and the Manger

January 5, 2020January 6, 2020 W. C. Newsom christmas, Gospel of Luke, John Calvin

Luke, Chapter 2 Verse 1 Luke relates how it happened, that Christ was born in the city of Bethlehem, as

Luther on Christmas Once More: “Christ, the Comforting Light of Grace”

January 5, 2020January 6, 2020 W. C. Newsom christmas, Gospel of John, Martin Luther

Text: John 1:1-14 (KJV) Christ’s Titles of Honor; His Coming: His Incarnation; and the Revelation of His Glory CHRIST’S TITLES OF

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On the Twelfth Day of Christmas: John Gill on the Birthplace of the Messiah

January 5, 2020January 6, 2020 W. C. Newsom christmas, John Gill

The Prophecies Respecting the Messiah CHAPTER VI. Messiah’s Birth.The place of the Messiah’s birth comes next to be inquired into,

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Epiphany: Matthew Henry on the Visit of the Wise Men

January 5, 2020January 6, 2020 W. C. Newsom christmas, Epiphany, Gospel of Matthew, Magi, matthew henry

Introduction In this chapter, we have the history of our Saviour’s infancy, where we find how early he began to

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Christmas: Early Church Fathers on the Shepherds and the Angels

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 W. C. Newsom christmas, Early Church Fathers, Gospel of Luke, Thomas Aquinas

The following excerpts are from Thomas Aquinas’ Catena Aurea, or Golden Chain Commentary on the Gospels, a 13th century compilation

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Martin Luther: Sermon for Christmas

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 W. C. Newsom christmas, Gospel of Luke, Martin Luther

Sermon for the Early Christmas Service Text: Luke 2:15-20 (KJV) The Fruits and Signs of the Power of the Word of

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Childermas: Matthew Henry on the Slaughter of the Innocents

December 29, 2019December 29, 2019 W. C. Newsom Childermas, christmas, Gospel of Matthew, matthew henry

Matthew 2:16-18 The Slaughter of the Children. 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise

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Spurgeon on the Incarnation of Christ

December 29, 2019December 28, 2019 W. C. Newsom christmas, Gospel of John, Spurgeon

John 1:1-18 May the Holy Spirit, who inspired these words, inspire us through them as we read them! John 1:1. In

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Christmas: John Calvin on the Magi

December 22, 2019December 22, 2019 W. C. Newsom Advent, christmas, Gospel of Matthew, John Calvin

Matthew 2 1.Now when Jesus had been born How it came about that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, Matthew does not

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Christmas: Matthew Henry on the Birth of Christ

December 22, 2019December 21, 2019 W. C. Newsom Advent, christmas, Gospel of Matthew, matthew henry

Matthew 1:18-25 The Birth of Christ 18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his

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Luther on Advent: ‘Our Sins Are Not Ours Anymore’

December 22, 2019December 21, 2019 W. C. Newsom Advent, christmas, Gospel of John, Martin Luther

Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Advent Text: John 1:19-28 (KJV) The Witness and Confession of John the Baptist; and the

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Augustine: Fourth Sunday in Advent

December 22, 2019December 21, 2019 W. C. Newsom Advent, Augustine, Incarnation of Christ

It is not at all strange that human consideration and human speech are inadequate when we undertake to praise the

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John Gill on the Birth of Christ

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 W. C. Newsom Birth of Christ, christmas, John Gill

From John Gill’s Exposition of the Whole Bible The Gospel of Luke, Chapter 2 Verse 1 And it came to

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John Owen: ‘The Person of Christ the Great Repository of Sacred Truth’

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 W. C. Newsom Christology, John Owen

Divine supernatural truth is called by the apostle, The truth which is after godliness: Tit. i. 1. Whereas, therefore, the