1. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  2. To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
  3. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
  4. By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.
  5. The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.
  6. While the world is full of horizons and endpoints, for Christians, there is always tomorrow, and there are people in that tomorrow waiting for us as we wait for them.
  7. We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
  8. The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
  9. That is the task of preaching in these last weeks of the Church Year, to enable the people given to our care, to praise God from the perspective of the end when our Lord will return in glory bringing us into His Kingdom of glory.
  10. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  11. Christ is not an idea. He isn’t a concept. He isn’t a religious notion or sentiment. He isn’t a product. He is the Savior, flesh and blood.