Today's Reading | March 18, 2025
Psalm 90
Introduction Psalm 90: This communal prayer reflects the human quest to understand life’s meaning, a quest made more urgent during times of trouble. The psalm sets the eternity of God against the shortness of human life. The Lord is called “our home” and the psalm may have been written in response to the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in…
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Luke 1:57-80
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Luke 1:26-56
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Matthew 1:18-25
God’s Word of JoyIntroductionMatthew 1:18-25: Matthew recounts how the birth of Jesus took place. An angel appears to Joseph in a dream and tells him that Mary, to whom he is engaged, has conceived a child by the Holy Spirit, and that the child is to be named Jesus.Scripture ReadingThe Birth of Jesus Christ(Luke 2.1-7)18 This was how the birth…
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