Advent 2021: Hope

Today marks the beginning of Advent. Advent is the season of waiting and of preparing for the birth of Christ. The first Advent was the birth in a stable in Bethlehem, the Incarnation that we celebrate as Christmas. As Israel longed for their Messiah to come, so...

IMMANUEL

When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” Luke 2:15 The angelic chorus could have appeared to everyone in Bethlehem. They could have...

Advent: Behold, He Comes

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so, it must be. Amen; so be it. Revelation 1:7 AMPC Christ came...

Advent; Great Joy

“And the angel said unto them, ‘Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:10-11 KJV In this, the third...

The Advent Invitation

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come...