"The Lord Himself Will Give You This Sign"

Advent 2022, Week 4

“Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14)

Where I grew up, in Rock Island, Illinois, there was a small fundamentalist Bible college. The students there kept mostly to themselves, but occasionally the female students would make an appearance at the mall. With their long hair, tightly wound into buns,…