The Geneva Bible

This was the first English Bible that you could read—that is, the first to use the normal typeface that we have today, instead of the pretty (but hard-to-read) “Gothic” letters. It was also the first English Bible divided into verses.

One other thing in its favor: It was reasonable size, while the earlier English version called the Great Bible was so big it was used only in churches.

First printed in Geneva, Switzerland (where it got its name), in 1560, it quickly became the most popular “household” Bible, and was almost certainly the Bible used by Shakespeare, by the Pilgrims, and by the first English settlers in Virginia.

Even after the King James Version was published in 1611, the Geneva Bible reamained popular for years.

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The Unexpected Savior

John MacArthur

Scripture records that when John the Baptist began his ministry, “The people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not” (Luke 3:15).

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Reflections on the Incarnation and Freedom of God

Philip Yancey

Think of the condescension involved: the incarnation, which sliced history into two parts had more animal than human witnesses. Think, too, of the risk. In the incarnation, God spanned the vast chasm of fear that had distanced him from his human creation.

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The Blessing of the Presence of Jesus

Charles Spurgeon

He is as certainly with us now as He was with the disciples at the lake when they saw coals of fire, fish on the coals, and bread (John 21:9). Not physically, but still in real truth, Jesus is with us!

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God’s Awesome Love

Charles Stanley

The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told them. With great awe and in complete reverence, the shepherds looked upon the baby Jesus. It was true.

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The Announcement to Mary

John Macarthur

When we first meet Mary in Luke’s gospel, it is on the occasion when an archangel appeared to her suddenly and without fanfare to disclose to her God’s wonderful plan.