ADVENT DAY 12: Dec. 12 – Shepherds, Humble Evangelists
Devotional Stop for a minute and think – you have great news, the best news ever. Who do you want to tell? Who do you go to first? I...
ADVENT DAY 10: Dec. 10 – Manger Animals, the First Witnesses
Devotional In his book, An Angel’s Story, Max Lucado sets the scene for the animals. “I’ve heated the water!” ”No need to yell,...
ADVENT DAY 9: Dec. 9 – Innkeeper, the Unlikely Host
Devotional In his book, An Angel’s Story, Max Lucado imagines the scene at the Inn in Bethany when Mary and Joseph arrive. “But don’t...
ADVENT DAY 8: Dec. 8 – Caesar Augustus, the Arrogant Ruler
Devotional The prophet Micah prophesied 700 years before the birth of Christ that he would be born in Bethlehem. Have you ever thought...
ADVENT DAY 7: Dec. 7 – Joseph, the Earthly Father of Jesus
Devotional To understand Joseph’s perspective of the Christmas narrative, we need to understand the customs surrounding...
ADVENT DAY 6: Dec. 6 – Angel Gabriel Reassures Joseph
Devotional Gabriel shows up a third time in the Christmas narrative, this time to reassure Joseph, Mary’s betrothed, that she was not...
ADVENT DAY 5: Dec. 5 – Elizabeth, the Mother of John the Baptist
Devotional Imagine the delight and joy in the lives of Zechariah and Elizabeth! Not only would they become parents after decades of despair...