... legal rights. But in Luke's gospel women play a large role. The birth narrative is told specific from Mary's point of view. It is in Luke's gospel when we read of Elizabeth, the wife of Zachariah, the mother of John the Baptist, and the kinswoman of Mary. Luke's Gospel gives us a lovely picture of Mary the Mother of Jesus (ch1v26-56). It ... response to His prayer from the cross, the message of salvation was proclaimed first in Jerusalem and some three thousand were baptized for the forgiveness of their sins (Acts 2). Jim Elliot, a missionary once said: "God is still on His throne and m...

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