by Mathew Swora | Dec 30, 2019
“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” My message this morning will focus on two verbs in verse 20: “treasured” and “pondered.” But first, let me tell you about my saddest childhood Christmas, back when I was 10 or 11 years old. Oddly...
by Mathew Swora | Dec 9, 2019
Luke 1: 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy...
by Mathew Swora | Dec 1, 2019
Luke 1: 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said,...
by Mathew Swora | Dec 1, 2019
What follows is an essay I wrote several years back in response to what I have heard numerous times: that we cannot trust the Bible, nor can we reliably interpret it, as shown by the fact that modern people had to progress to the point where they eventually and wisely...
by Mathew Swora | Nov 17, 2019
I Thess. 4: 3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body[a] in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and...
