“Suddenly a great army of heaven’s angels appeared with the angel, singing praises to God: ‘Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to those with whom he is pleased!’” (Luke 2:13-14) In 1914, just a few months after the start of a bloody war across Europe, around…
“If I say, ‘Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become like night around me,’ even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine…
“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not…
“‘For just as the new heavens and the new earth, which I make, will endure before me,’ declares the LORD, ‘So will your descendants and your name…
“You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” (Psalm 16:11) On Oct…
“Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.” (Mathew…
“The wolf will dwell with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the young goat, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted steer together…
“They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for…
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