The greatest selling book of all time is the Bible. The Guinness people estimate the number to be somewhere between five and seven billion. (The Koran’s figures, by comparison, are in the neighborhood of 800 million). There’s a reason for the Bible’s unique status—there is simply no story like the one found in Scripture! There’sContinue reading “Changing the Kingdom”
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The Genesis Of Jesus
Matthew offers us several beginnings regarding Jesus in the introductory portion of his gospel (1:1-4:16). There’s the beginning of the preaching concerning the kingdom Christ is bringing in the work of John the Baptist (3:1ff). Then there’s the beginning of Jesus’ public life marked by His baptism (3:13ff) and the beginning of His ministry inContinue reading “The Genesis Of Jesus”