When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.When he came out, he could not speak to them. They perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: and he continued making signs unto them, and remained dumb.
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… not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their own time. But when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple, for he beckoned to them and remained speechless. Now, you know, this is the Zacharias and the Elizabeth of John the Baptist's parentage, right? And we know that John the Baptist was born six months before Jesus was born. And we know that this Elizabeth is related to Mary, making John the Baptist the cousin of Jesus. Just if you didn't know that. Now after those days, his wife Elizabeth conceived and she hid herself five months saying, Bless the Lord, Jesus. dealt with me in the days when he looked on me to take away my approach among people. Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth. The virgin betrothed to a man. His name was Joseph. Of the house of David. The virgin's name was Mary. …
We can look at this story on two levels. The personal level, we have many familiar elements for many of us and familiar names as the Christmas story unfolds. I like to think of it as just find the young children somewhere in the Christmas story. We thought about Joseph for one of our later boys, but we already had a Mary and an Elizabeth. And Ian is just Scottish for John, and his middle name is Zachariah. So it seemed a little presumptuous to throw in a Gabriel or any more children into the Christmas story. Many of you know this story. And one way to understand it is on a personal level. It's a personally moving story for this couple and their new child. But we can also look at it on the epical level. That's the word E-P-O-C-H. Epic, epoch, epical. So we can look at this on a personal level, dealing with the people in the story, and then at the level of one epic to another. …
communicators of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Some of you are preachers and pastors. Some of us are seminary teachers, some campus administrators, some chaplains, some lay leaders and church authorities. We all have our different ministries. We all have our different places and ways of service. But what holds us all together today in this place is that in some way or another, we have all been called to the task of interpreting the Christian faith and proclaiming the Christian gospel. Now what in the world does that mean? In this kind of culture? is there anybody out there still listening? The voice of the Christian gospel is not the only voice out there. In fact, it's not even the dominant voice anymore. There are more Muslims out there in America, you know, than Episcopalians these days. And even when our voice is heard, is it really heard? I was reading a review in the New York Times book review recently, and the reviewer got to the end of the review, and she said, All in all, this is a very disappointing book. …