Advent: December 25
In our culture, gifts are a huge part of Christmas day. Weeks (or months, if you are my mom) before December 25th dawns, many of us start...
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We all need hope.
And hope has surely come. In this free 25-day study, we're going to dive into the characters and pieces of the Advent story and see how the faithfulness of God weaves through each one.
We wait here on earth, but not without hope.
This Advent, let's find a thrill of hope that only Christ could bring!
- Dec 24, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 24
I love Christmas Eve, for a lot of reasons. But also because this day seems to be filled with light. Maybe it's the candlelights from the...
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 23
As I was growing up, my family dubbed this day Christmas Adam. You know, because Adam came before Eve. We always have a special...
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 22
Hope has come: for Anna and all of us. And for weary souls everywhere, this is some really good news.
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 21
Simeon likely isn’t a character that comes to mind when you think about Advent. Mary, yes. Joseph, of course. The angels and shepherds...
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 20
Was it another frantic day of Christmas shopping and wrapping gifts and burning holiday treats and remembering friends you failed to mail...
- Dec 19, 2022
- 4 min
Advent: December 19
Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,...
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 18
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful...
- Dec 17, 2022
- 4 min
Advent: December 17
The Bible is filled with stories about shepherds. Moses was a shepherd, and so were David and Abraham. God Himself was called a shepherd....
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 16
This gift from God arrived not clad in silk ribbon or red bows, but lying in a manger.
- Dec 15, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 15
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling...
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 14
And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling...
- Dec 13, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 13
"And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he...
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 12
"In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when...
- Dec 11, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 11
"Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she...
- Dec 10, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 10
“Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we, let all within us praise His holy name.” And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and...
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 9
Like the unborn John the Baptist leaping in his mother's womb, we should respond to Advent with great joy.
- Dec 8, 2022
- 4 min
Advent: December 8
“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name...
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 7
In Elizabeth and Zechariah’s waiting, God was preparing. And their baby boy, John the Baptist, had a purpose all about preparing—for Christ.
- Dec 6, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 6
Out of the greatest king of Israel came a new King... And He will reign forever.
- Dec 5, 2022
- 4 min
Advent: December 5
The women in Jesus's family line were scandalous and without status. But that didn't—and doesn't—mean Jesus couldn't use them for His glory.
- Dec 4, 2022
- 4 min
Advent: December 4
The genealogy of Jesus emphasizes that there is no bloodline, no family tree, no circumstance, and no story that He can't redeem.
- Dec 3, 2022
- 4 min
Advent: December 3
God was faithful to Abraham, to Sarah, and to Isaac. And though our circumstances may not seem like it, He's still faithful to us today.
- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min
Advent: December 2
Like the prophets testified, Jesus was coming. And like God promises to all of us waiting here on earth, He is surely coming again.
- Dec 2, 2022
- 2 min
Advent: December 1
As we await the second Advent, we can find a thrill of hope that only Jesus could bring.
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