Advent Day 23: Immanuel
In the first round of the 2003 NBA playoffs, at the third game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Houston Mavericks, 13-year-old Natalie Gilbert stood in the middle of the basketball court to sing the national anthem.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 22: Son of God
Two years after the assassination of Julius Caesar, a temple was built on the site where he was cremated and he was formally deified.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 21: Son of Man
When Jesus talks about Himself or refers to His deeds or ministry, He refers to Himself as Son of Man more often than anything else.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 20: Word
When John describes Jesus as the Word made human, there are a few things going on. His Greek readers may have understood that John’s use of the word Logos—Word, but also Logic—for Jesus was intended to convey that He is the source of all of creation and the source of order in the midst of chaos.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 19: Rabbi
Jesus, this new branch growing out of the stump of David’s family, holds a distinct advantage as a rabbi over any other religious instructor of His era or any other.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 18: Christ
We don’t know much of what the shepherds were thinking when they were visited by a host of angels who told them the Christ was newly born and resting in a manger in the city of Bethlehem.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 17: Servant
In the introduction to a few of his letters, Paul refers to himself as a servant of Christ. This same word for servant—doulou in Greek—is used in Philippians 2 to describe Jesus.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 16: Man of Sorrow
When the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? was released in 2000, it quickly garnered attention from both film and music critics.
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