Advent 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.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 15: Prince of Peace
When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he cried out, “Oh, Sovereign Lord, I’m doomed! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!”
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 14: Wonderful Counselor
In one of the early Bugs Bunny cartoons, Elmer Fudd is unsuccessfully hunting the eponymous rabbit when Bugs breaks the fourth wall to speak to the viewer.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 13: : Priest King
The nobility of Western Europe in centuries past ascribed to an idea known as the divine right of kings, which claims kings derive their authority from God, not the people.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 12: Advocate
In the late 1970s, juvenile court Judge David W. Soukup realized that he was given the task of making a life-changing decision for a three-year-old child who had suffered from child abuse, but there was no one present in the courtroom available solely to speak on the child’s behalf.
Continue ReadingAdvent Day 11: Holy Spirit
Throughout the Bible, we see God’s Holy Spirit at work. He is often seen as wind, fire, or a cloud descending on or filling God’s chosen.
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