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Most of the posts you’ll find here first appeared as podcast episodes. You can listen to each episode on the page or read the slightly edited transcript. You’ll also find questions for personal reflection or discussion.
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Luke gives us very few details about Mary. But in this story of Mary’s visit to Elizabeth, we encounter “The Magnificat,” an incredible worship song that reveals a lot about Mary’s view of God and of herself.
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In the first several stories in the book of Luke, we have a terrifying angel delivering huge news of incredible miracles that will leave the world forever changed. But these messages are delivered to tiny audiences of one or two people. What can that teach us about God? That is both powerful and personal.
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Have you ever had big news you wanted to share but not known how to say it or who to share it with? Mary faces that dilemma after an angel tells her she’s going to have a baby. Who will believe her? Will she have to face this alone? No! She’s got Elizabeth.
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When Mary is handed the tough assignment of being the mother to the Messiah, she doesn’t look for a way out, or make excuses, or ask dozens of questions wanting to know the whole plan before she agrees to it. Mary shows us that faith says yes.
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“Even Elizabeth, your relative, is going to have a child in her old age, and she who is said to be barren is in her sixth month.” When Mary is unsure of how God will accomplish his purposes in her, Elizabeth’s late-in-life pregnancy becomes a proof of God’s power.
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The birth predictions of John the Baptist and Jesus are very similar. Both come via an angel. Both are miraculous births. Both say that the child will be great. But the angel says some unique things about Jesus that focus our attention on who this amazing baby will be.
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Amy C Walters 