Wade Johnston, Life Under the Cross: A Biography of the Reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis: MO, 2025.
This ancient “tale of two mothers” concerns far more than theological semantics—it is the difference between a God who sends and a God who comes.
This story points us from our unlikely heroes to the even more unlikely, and joyous, good news that Jesus’ birth for us was just as unlikely and unexpected.

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We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
Christ the King’s return will show us what we can only imagine. He will be a king and His a kingdom will be unlike any we have known.
It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
For Christians, Advent is the time when the Church patiently prepares for the coming of the Great King, Jesus the Christ.
The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
We look forward to the return of Christ, which fills us with hope that there really is an end to this marathon called life.
Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
Only by faith can we believe the mystery that salvation in all it various forms comes through Jesus, the Son of Righteousness.
This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022), written by Kathy Morales and Kyle G. Jones.
Whatever else may be said about the Last Day it consists of these two inseparable things: Christ’s coming and His kingdom people being gathered to Him.