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The Magnificat

After the angel Gabriel appeared to the virgin Mary, telling her of God’s favor that she would conceive, bear a son, and name him Jesus, she traveled to visit her elderly relatives, Zechariah and Elizabeth, who Mary learned was also with child. Upon Mary’s arrival, Elizabeth’s son, John, six months in her womb jumped for…

The Fullness of Time Had Come

As our confession makes clear, the incarnation of Christ is essential to the Christian faith, including his conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary. And yet, it is a doctrine that has been under attack all the way back to the early church heretics, all the way through to today.…

The Perfect Purpose of God

Proverbs says, “The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD” (Prov. 16:33). And so, Zechariah’s lot is chosen by chance by God, sending him in sacred service into the sanctuary. Inside he burns incense; outside the people pray. And into this ordinary picture of Old Covenant worship, the…

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