Category Archives: Christ’s Birth

Logic Demands That We Believe in the Virgin Birth

Posted on December 23, 2022 by russellmckinney

“Why We Should Believe in the Virgin Birth” series: (post #3) We’ve been in a series of posts on the question of why we should believe in the virgin birth. With the two previous posts, we learned that we should … Continue reading →

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Bible Prophecy Demands That We Believe in the Virgin Birth

Posted on December 21, 2022 by russellmckinney

“Why We Should Believe in the Virgin Birth” series: (post #2) This is the second post in a three-part series on why we should believe in Christ’s virgin birth. With the first post, I explained that we should believe in the … Continue reading →

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Scripture Demands That We Believe in the Virgin Birth

Posted on December 19, 2022 by russellmckinney

“Why We Should Believe in the Virgin Birth” series: (post #1) In the December 25th devotion from his classic devotional My Utmost For His Highest, Oswald Chambers writes: Jesus Christ was born into this world; not from it. He did not emerge … Continue reading →

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God Works Through Our Circumstances

Posted on December 20, 2021 by russellmckinney

And it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This census first took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So all went to be registered, everyone … Continue reading →

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God Works from a Schedule

Posted on December 13, 2021 by russellmckinney

He has made everything beautiful in its time… (Ecclesiastes 3:11, N.K.J.V.) God works from a schedule, and His timing applies to everything. That even includes the birth of Jesus. The Bible’s first mention of that birth is found in Genesis … Continue reading →

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The Best Present

Posted on December 2, 2021 by russellmckinney

Since Christmas happens in December, I try to weave in some Christmas posts here and there throughout the month. Today I thought I’d share a story that I picked up somewhere along the way a few years ago. It was … Continue reading →

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Did God the Father Beget Jesus?

Posted on October 25, 2021 by russellmckinney

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16, K.J.V.) The Bible is a book filled with genealogies and begetting. Its first … Continue reading →

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Do You Really Believe All of It?

Posted on July 23, 2021 by russellmckinney

But this I confess to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect, so I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the Law and in the Prophets. (Acts 24:14, N.K.J.V.) … Continue reading →

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“Just Pray This Prayer…”

Posted on May 31, 2021 by russellmckinney

1 John series: (post #7) We are now halfway through the list of ten evidences of salvation that are described in the book of 1 John. So, with this post, I thought it would be good if I pulled over … Continue reading →

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That’s Some Building

Posted on May 14, 2021 by russellmckinney

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, … Continue reading →

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