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Matthew 1:18-25: Joseph may have wanted children at some point in his life, but not now, not this way. The unmarried status of this engaged couple made them both vulnerable: if this got out, reputations and lives would be ruined. ...

Matthew 3:1-6: John the Baptist announces the coming King. The essential requirement was repentance: a change of heart and mind leading to a change in behaviour. How do we prepare for the King's approach?

Luke 1:57-58, 67-80: Zechariah's song expresses his praise, first for God's gift of a Saviour and then for his own son John who would 'prepare the way'. The neighbours joined in the celebrations (v 58). God's story has amazing power ...

Luke 1:5-17: Do you sometimes respond unbelievingly to God? It seems Zechariah needed to learn that God will perform what he has promised, but in his time and his ways - which may be unexpected, even mysterious. The child to ...

Luke 1:26-38: The angel tells Mary she is going to give birth to the Messiah, the one whom God has promised would reign for ever - not just over Israel, but over the whole world. This King would be God's ...

Matthew 1:1-17: Descended from Abraham and David, Matthew wanted to show his Hebrew readers that Jesus is the Messiah, the one God had promised to send. Whether righteous or sinners, kings or poor, all of these people in the list ...