Chapter 2: Jesus’s Early Life

Jesus’s Birth                 Joseph and Mary had to return to Bethlehem for a census (taken for the purpose of taxation and military service) that was ordered by the Roman emperor, Augustus. The census had to be done in the town the individual was from, and since...

Numbers 32

1:5 “The Reubenites and Gidites had a very large number of livestock.  When they surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, they saw that the region was a good one for livestock.  So the Gadites and Reuberites came to Moses, the priest Eleazar, and the leaders of...

Who is Jesus and Why Should I Care?

Who is Jesus and Why Should I Care?  This is a question that stayed with me for way too many years. I grew up in a house divided. My Dad was an atheist, and my mom was a Christian. She would take my brother and I to Sunday School and church while we pleaded to stay...