Advent 2023 Week 3

Advent is the time of anticipation and preparing for the celebration of the birth of Christ. In the Western church calendar, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, the Sunday closest to November 30, and lasts through Christmas Eve (December 24). Depending on your faith tradition, Advent is marked by a time of reflection, […]

Advent 2023 Week 2

Advent is the time of anticipation and preparing for the celebration of the birth of Christ. In the Western church calendar, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, the Sunday closest to November 30, and lasts through Christmas Eve (December 24). Depending on your faith tradition, Advent is marked by a time of reflection, […]

Advent 2023 Week 1

Advent is the time of anticipation and preparing for the celebration of the birth of Christ. In the Western church calendar, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas, the Sunday closest to November 30, and lasts through Christmas Eve (December 24). Depending on your faith tradition, Advent is marked by a time of reflection, […]

Immanuel

A Christmas Eve Reminder

Christmas is not just a nice holiday for cookies and get-togethers. It is a divine visitation necessary to deliver us from our spirtual captivity. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to men. Wait for it.

Peace

For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on His shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David […]

Joy

Father, on this third Sunday in Advent we light the third candle, which for us represents looking forward with joy and rejoicing to the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. It joins the candles of hope and love. We give You thanks, praise and honor for sending us Your Son, who, having sacrificed His life […]

Hope

The First Sunday Of Advent 2022 Father, Advent is a time of preparing, waiting, and hoping. On ths first Sunday of Advent we light this candle of hope. We remember Your promise to send a Savior to Your people. And we look forward to the day when we can again celebrate the birth of Jesus. […]

Advent: The Once And Future Coming Of Jesus Christ

Advent is a time of waiting and preparing for the birth of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. For Christmas. Taken from the Latin adventus, (coming, arrival, invasion), Advent proclaims the coming of Christ in two ways: it celebrates His long-awaited arrival as Messiah over 2,000 years ago, and it anticipates His imminent return as King of […]

On Tolerance and Intolerance

Is it intolerant to believe Jesus is God? If something is true, a person’s belief in that thing is not intolerant. Why is the truth that Jesus is God so important to defend, even at the risk of being thought intolerant? Consider: Jesus’s deity makes it possible for us to know God. His deity exalts […]