Anna and the Christ Child
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Our Redemption Has Come
After Anna gave thanks to God upon seeing the infant Jesus, Luke tells us that she began speaking of Him to all who were waiting for...
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A Glorious Proclamation of Thanksgiving
After Anna observed Simeon's Song and prophetic proclamation, she offered her own song of thanksgiving. Her worship of God is especially inspirational and dramatic when you...
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A Sure Witness
Verification from the mouth of two or three witnesses is a principle that pervades Scripture. Luke follows that pattern in establishing the identity of the...
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The Truly Happy People of God
The names Luke includes in his brief treatment of Anna have significant meanings. Anna means "Grace," "Phanuel" means "the face of God" and...
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Grace Beholds the Face of God
uke devotes three short verses to a widow named Anna. Included in his description are her name, her father's name and the tribe of...
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God's Faithful Remnant
Simeon and Anna represent the whole people of God (the territories of Simeon and Asher stretch from the extreme south to the far northwest) awaiting the...
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God Humiliates the Proud
he story of Anna is consistent with the principle Paul described in 1 Cor 1:26-29. God has chosen the foolish, weak, lowborn and worthless (in the eyes of the world) to...
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Only the Lowly
The brief story of Anna advances Luke's theme that revelation and...
Speaker
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Stan McGehee, Jr.