Advent is usually celebrated in the Christian church in the weeks preceding Christmas stressing four topics: hope, peace, joy, and love represented by four candles. Advent is a term from the Latin word adventus, which means coming, the coming of our Savior. The Advent season started in the 1800s in Germany. Immigrants from…
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Advent
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.” (Micah 5:2) The word Advent originates from a Latin word “Adventus” which means “coming” or…
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Advent, Part 1
“But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.” (Micah 5:2) The word Advent originates from a Latin word “Adventus” which means “coming” or…
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The God Option
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33) We’ve all experienced times in our lives when we ‘ve had trouble, can I get a witness? And we’re…
God’s Throne
Given August 2017 “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16) I read this one morning from our church’s Project 345 Bible Reading Plan, (actually, I jumped ahead one…