by Rusty Freeman | Jan 2, 2021 | Blog
“John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out...
by Rusty Freeman | Dec 30, 2020 | Blog
“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—2 during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the...
by Rusty Freeman | Dec 27, 2020 | Blog
“And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.” Luke 2.40 The Christmas story really ends with this passage — that Jesus grew, became strong, filled with wisdom and God’s grace was upon him. The end. But as we...
by Rusty Freeman | Dec 26, 2020 | Blog
I read a great devotional this morning as I was praying and thinking about the day after Christmas. In stead of writing my own reflection, I am sharing this one verbatim. I hope you will enjoy it and allow the Word made flesh to fill you today with his glory and his...
by Rusty Freeman | Dec 24, 2020 | Blog
”For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3:16–17, NIV) Could there be...
