1. Excerpt #3 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  2. Excerpt #2 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  3. Excerpt #1 from the new book “Withertongue Emails" by Donavon Riley.
  4. The world we inhabit is wrong in so many ways, and a holistic approach to this “wrongness” traces its cause both to sin itself and to the effects of sin.
  5. Is the serpent in Genesis 3 just a snake or Satan? Does the Hebrew refer to "the satan" or "Satan"? And does it make a difference? Let's take a look at the Old Testament, early Jewish literature, and the New Testament for the answers.
  6. God’s candle is not so easily extinguished. His promise is not some vague light at the end of the tunnel that we may or may not reach. In fact, God’s light has a name: Jesus Christ.
  7. What we are asked to believe as we ponder the birth of this child is that in his coming, a new creation has dawned.
  8. The Advents of Christ (past, present, and future) elicit faith in the word of Christ, confirmed by his presence.
  9. Getting ready for Christ’s coming is a practice in humility.
  10. Each week during this year’s Advent series, we will take a look at a specific implication of Christ’s incarnation. This week, we will discover how God reaffirms the goodness of his creation by making all things new in the incarnation.
  11. “The days are coming,” and God said it. God, who kept his promise that Christ would come at Christmas.
  12. If Jesus is indeed the same yesterday, today, and forever, everything his enfleshment brings is already assured: life, salvation, and forgiveness.