The practice of celebrating Advent provides great training for living life. How so? It teaches us how to “wait.” Wait for what? To wait for the final fulfillment of God’s promise, the return of Jesus. And so we live by faith. Read More
Welcome to the first week of Advent! The word “advent” means “coming” or “arrival.” The season of Advent is a four-week season of preparation for the coming of Jesus at Christmas. Let the preparations begin, not just with the hustle of shopping... Read More
There are 13 letters from Paul in the New Testament and in 9 of them he explicitly gives thanks for the recipients of the letter. So what did Paul appreciate about these churches? What prompted him to give thanks to God for them? Read More
“Come near; bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD.” When 2 Chronicles 29:31 invites the Old Testament worshiper to bring “thank offerings” it was not an invitation for just “words of thanks.” Rather, it was a tangible... Read More
The Apostle Paul writes, “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our... Read More