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What Really Happened at Christmas?

Published: December 11, 2025

A Bible Study by Jack  Kelley

In the past I’ve explained why I believe Jesus probably was born sometime in September. If that’s the case then what really happened in December?  Is Christmas just the result of overlaying Christian beliefs on a formerly pagan holiday as some believe,

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Mary’s Christmas Story… Part 2

Published: December 10, 2025
The angel said to me, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." Luke 1:30-33
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Mary’s Christmas Story… Part 1

Published: December 9, 2025
The angel said to me, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." Luke 1:30-33
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A Christmas Message

Published: December 8, 2025

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

Let’s take just a moment to look beyond the controversy over when the Lord came and focus on why He came.  I think Isaiah gave us the best explanation the Bible offers. What follows is my adaptation of Isaiah 53.

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Christmas … the Rest of the Story

Published: December 5, 2025
For You created my inmost being, You knit me together in my mother's womb ... all the days ordained for me were written in Your Book before one of them came to be. --Psalm 139:13,16
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The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy

Published: December 4, 2025
For unto us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders... --Isaiah 9:6
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The Christmas Story … Part 2 (Conclusion)

Published: December 3, 2025
On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. Luke 2:21
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Who Are We, Anyway?

Published: December 2, 2025
As we begin another Christmas season, let's review exactly what the Lord's arrival on Earth has done for us. It'll help us remember the reason for the season and rekindle our joy in the midst of all the hustle and bustle.
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The God Without … A Thanksgiving Message

Published: November 26, 2025
Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. (Psalm 100)
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Want To vs. Have To: Discovering the Joy of Giving

Published: November 24, 2025
We don't give because He needs our money, but because we need His blessing.
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God’s Blessing Game

Published: November 19, 2025
When the Pilgrims had experienced their first successful harvest in the New World, they decided to give thanks for the Lord's provision, even though half of them had died in the year since their arrival. Inviting the neighboring natives to join them, they held a three-day celebration patterned after their knowledge of the Feast of Tabernacles.
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From This Day On I Will Bless You

Published: November 17, 2025

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

Seek His Kingdom

On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Haggai: “This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Ask the priests what the law says: If a person carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment,

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Believe In Your Heart

Published: November 12, 2025
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -Romans 10:9
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Where, O Death is Your Victory?

Published: November 10, 2025
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Cor 15:56,57
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The Origin and Destiny of the Gentile Church

Published: November 5, 2025
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you may not be conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in... for God's gifts and his call are irrevocable. (Romans 11:25,29)
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Isaac And Ishmael, Then And Now

Published: November 3, 2025
Abraham was 75 years old when God called him, about 80 when God promised him a son, 86 when Ishmael was born (Gen. 16:16) and 100 at the time of Isaac's birth. (Gen. 21:5) This made Ishmael 14 years older than Isaac, and about 16 or 17 when Isaac was weaned.
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The Branch

Published: October 27, 2025
There are four passages in the Old Testament that speak of a coming Messiah by referring to Him as "The Branch" but they all portray Him in a different way. Each one previews one of the Gospels.
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The Seven “I AM” Statements In John

Published: October 22, 2025

A Bible Study by Jack Kelley

In part 1, The Seven Miracles In John, I showed how John selected these seven miracles specifically for their ability to help us believe that Jesus is who He claimed to be, and that by believing we might have eternal life.

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The Seven Miracles In John

Published: October 20, 2025
Mining hidden treasures in the Gospel to the Church.
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Why Do We Need Four Gospels?

Published: October 15, 2025
Why couldn't Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John have gotten together and agreed on just one gospel?
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The Feast of Tabernacles

Published: October 13, 2025
If anyone is thirsty let him come to me and drink. -John 7:37
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The Feast Of Tabernacles: Feast of Booths: Sukkot

Published: October 8, 2025

Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.  Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, 

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I Am The Lord Who Heals You, Part 2: Healing By The Numbers

Published: October 6, 2025
I am the Lord, Who heals you, Ex 15:26
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Ruth’s Story

Published: October 1, 2025
Like several other biblical events, it's a true story that can also be viewed allegorically. Here's how it happened.
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Happy Birthday Lord Jesus

Published: September 29, 2025
For about 1400 years we've celebrated the Lord's birth on Dec. 25. Are we wrong?
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