Advent Devotionals


God Is Holy

by: Michael Benson

Ancient Hebrew does not have the benefit of the punctuation that is so common to us who write in English or other Latin-based languages.

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God Is Omnipresent

by: Michael Benson

Within the first few pages of Augustine’s autobiographical classic, Confessions, the early church father ruminates on what it means that God is omnipresent.

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God Is Omniscient

by: Michael Benson

In a 1966 episode of the classic sitcom Gilligan’s Island, the titular Gilligan finds seeds that give him the ability to read the minds of his fellow castaways.

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God Is Omnipotent

by: Michael Benson

The remarkable thing is that Zechariah wasn’t questioning all the great things the angel said John would accomplish.

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God Is Unchanging

by: Michael Benson

One of the central aspects of the 2016 movie Moana was the Polynesian art of wayfinding.

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God Is Faithful

by: Michael Benson

As with all virtues known to man, God’s example of faithfulness is far beyond our own. After all, God in heaven is perfect.

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God Is Counselor

by: Michael Benson

“Don’t panic. Who do you want to be?”

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God Is Sovereign

by: Michael Benson

As Colossians 1:15–18 tells us, Christ “is supreme over all creation” and “he holds all creation together,” including “the things we can see and the things we can’t see.”

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