This is the perfect time to say this…..

Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New year!!

Christmas  is not about presents.  It’s celebrating Jesus being born.   It’s celebrating the gift  GOD   has given to us. Matthew 2…

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
Mat 2:2  saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Mat 2:3  When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
Mat 2:4  and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
Mat 2:5  They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
Mat 2:6  “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
Mat 2:7  Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.
Mat 2:8  And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”
Mat 2:9  After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.
Mat 2:10  When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
Mat 2:11  And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
Mat 2:12  And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
Mat 2:13  Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
Mat 2:14  And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt
Mat 2:15  and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
Mat 2:16  Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
Mat 2:17  Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
Mat 2:18  “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
Mat 2:19  But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Mat 2:20  saying, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”
Mat 2:21  And he rose and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel.
Mat 2:22  But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he withdrew to the district of Galilee.
Mat 2:23  And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

Amen!!!!

I’m hoping you already knew this, but we run a little business on the side.  We sell original, authentic 400 year old pages from old Geneva Bibles (if you’re horrified, read this).  We offer them framed, matted, or sleeved.  Damaged pages are available as inexpensive bookmarks.  Incidentally, we provide the framed Bible pages that are sold by Vision Forum, though we offer more choices and a slightly different format on our own website Geneva Bible Pages.

We think it’s amazing to be able to handle treasures from the past like this, and it often takes us far too long to assemble orders because we get caught up in reading.  “Look – here’s when the Philistines captured the ark, and Dagon fell down in front of it!” “I found Jacob and Esau!”  “Here’s Daniel in the lions’ den!”  “David and Goliath!”

The reason I’m mentioning this now is because we often receives emails from people who want a specific passage, and I always tell them that since our inventory is very limited we can’t fill requests like that.  Now, since our inventory is so limited, I finally got busy and put it all in a spreadsheet.  Anybody who wants is invited to browse our list of passages and place an order for whatever page catches their fancy.

To order just check the spreadsheet to see what is available, email me your specific request, and go to our website and use the buttons on the site to order and pay.  If you choose a premium-priced page (we have a few title pages and New Testament/Psalms available for a little extra) I will invoice you for the difference.

And if you don’t want to order, just go see what we have and come back to agree with me how amazing it is that we still have real, physical pieces of our Puritan heritage.