Mary and Elizabeth (Luke 1:39-45)

In an overwhelmingly hopeful passage in the Gospel of Luke, Mary and Elizabeth come face to face to rejoice over the promises of John the Baptizer and Jesus the Christ. This coming hope appropriately results in an undivided worship of the present Messiah.

The True Story (Luke 1:26-38)

Luke wrote his Gospel account to emphasize the reality of what happened concerning Jesus’ birth. The story of Jesus is the fairy tale that’s true, the movie that doesn’t end when the lights turn on, the one story that moves us because it is real.

Grace for a Doubter (Luke 1:18-25)

Zechariah was given amazing news from an angel sent by God, yet he still had his doubts. Though Zechariah doubted, God used him and his wife Elizabeth anyway to bring the forerunner of the Messiah, John the Baptist, into the world. God’s plans are not contingent upon anything, even belief–his grace is sovereign and more […]