In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the …
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“And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then …
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For what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God, as we pray most earnestly night and day that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith? Now may our God and Father himself, and …
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“Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In …
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In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness:‘Prepare the way of the Lord;make his paths straight.’” Now John …
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Welcome to Hope College’s fourth annual Advent devotional! This years theme, Heaven & Nature Sing, is from a line in Isaac Watts’ classic hymn “Joy to the World”: “Joy to the world, the Lord is come;let earth receive her King,let every heart prepare him room,and heaven and nature sing.” “Joy to the World,” written in …
Hope College is pleased to announce its fourth annual Advent devotional, Heaven & Nature Sing! Beginning on December 1, 2024, faculty and staff from Hope will guide us on a devotional journey to Christmas Day. Every day of Advent, you will find a new meditation on a scripture passage adapted from the Revised Common Lectionary. If …
And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone to his own city. Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of …
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But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that …
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On your walls, O Jerusalem,I have set watchmen;all the day and all the nightthey shall never be silent.You who put the LORD in remembrance,take no rest,and give him no restuntil he establishes Jerusalemand makes it a praise in the earth.The LORD has sworn by his right handand by his mighty arm:“I will not again give …
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