All posts tagged Advent
Just in Time
by Peggy Pedersen “When the time had fully come, God sent His Son.” – Galatians 4:4 – One feature of non-Abrahamic religions is a cyclical view of time, but the Old Testament teaches that time is linear and progressive. Indeed, the very idea of progress…
A Time to Wait
by Thomas Prachar Patience. It is much easier said than done. As someone once prayed, “Lord, I need patience—and I want it now!” As we wait in the grocery store checkout line, or crawl along in traffic, or wait our turn in the hospital’s emergency…
A Promised Peace
by Mathew Block For several weeks leading up to Christmas, the Church commemorates a season called Advent. The word comes from a variant of the Latin word for “to come,” and refers to the prophesied coming of Christ. Consequently, in Advent Christians do two things:…
Advent Devotions from LAMP now available
CANADA – LAMP (Lutheran Association of Missionaries and Pilots) has released their Advent devotional for 2015. “The Advent Season is the beginning of the church year and brings another chance to share our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ with the rest of the world as…
New Advent Devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries
ONLINE – Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) and its Canadian partner Lutheran Laymen’s League of Canada have released their annual Advent Devotional. Entitled Fear Not, the series runs from November 29 (the first Sunday in Advent) through January 6, 2016 (Epiphany). “How often do you face…
The Shadow of Christmas
by Karl Persson “They said there’ll be snow at Christmas. They said there’ll be peace on Earth. But instead it just kept on raining. A veil of tears for the virgin birth.” So sings Greg Lake, disaffected by Christmas—and he is not alone. Perhaps it…
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