Advent 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.
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.
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