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Written for the Methodist Churches Online Bible study, A Word in Time. The original post appears here Philippians 2:5-11 [Jesus] emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death – even death on a cross. (vs. 7-8) As soon …
A child is born : Isaiah 9:6-7, Peacemakers : Matthew 5:9, Surpassing : Philippians 4:1-7, No More War : Isaiah 2:1-5 More Than Enough Here are two stories…. 1. I remember walking through a well-known toy shop last Christmas looking for a present for one of the boys. I saw a woman with a trolley piled high coming towards me, …
Family Tree : Matthew 1:1-17, Word and Flesh : John 1:1-14, Becoming Like Us : Philippians 2:5-11 Look who moved in John 1:14 tells us that ‘the word became flesh and dwelt among us’ or as another version puts it ‘he moved into the neighbourhood’. Jesus’ birth, that first Christmas was world-changing, unprecedented and unexpected. This moment in history where …