Christmas

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither...

Thomas Valentine on the Gospel:

Thomas Valentine, one of the Westminster divines writes: “That Christ being offered to them to deliver them from curse and condemnation, and they wilfully rejecting Him, they aggravate their sins, and bring upon them the condemnation of the gospel; so that the...

More on the Church as ‘Mother’

23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. 24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 25 For this Agar is mount...