1. To Us a Child is Born: Everlasting Father

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    12/15/20
    12 mins
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    By Valerie Thur
    The well-meaning advice “time heals all wounds” is offensively false when we confront the overwhelming evidence that the constants in our lives are death, taxes, and suffering.
    To Us a Child is Born: Everlasting Father

  2. Waiting Like Sarah

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    12/10/20
    13 mins
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    By Katie Koplin
    It turns out the family trait of not being able to wait runs deep and wide in the family of God. We do foolish things while we wait for promises to be fulfilled.
    Waiting Like Sarah

  3. The Message of Advent Never Changes

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    12/08/20
    5 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    The proclamation of Christ's coming is for all people, at all times.
    The Message of Advent Never Changes

  4. To Us a Child is Born: A Mighty God

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    12/07/20
    11 mins
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    By Cindy Koch
    He assumed the weakest form to do his greatest work.
    To Us a Child is Born: A Mighty God

  5. He Found Us!

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    12/07/20
    5 mins
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    By Brad Soenksen
    God sent his Son down into the hidden places of our dark and dirty world to find us, and to the cross to wipe away our sins forever. That is what this story is all about.
    He Found Us!

  6. For Those Who Wait: Abraham

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    12/03/20
    11 mins
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    By Delwyn Campbell
    Many of us have experienced what it feels like to wait and to remain patient this year. This Advent, we are reminded of how the saints before us experienced similar feelings of uncertainty, need, and hopeful expectation as they awaited - both faithfully and unfaithfully - for God to fulfill his promises.
    For Those Who Wait: Abraham

  7. Advent Time

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    12/02/20
    7 mins
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    By Donavon Riley
    To a world enslaved to time (because it has no future), the Church's disregard for clocks and calendars is ridiculous.
    Advent Time

  8. To Us a Child is Born: Wonderful Counselor

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    11/30/20
    11 mins
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    By Kelsi Klembara
    This advent we will take a closer look at the four names given to Christ by the prophet Isaiah in Isaiah Chapter 9. For Christ is not only Immanuel, or God with us, but he is also Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. His rule is not what the Israelites of Isaiah's day, the Jews throughout Jesus' life, nor even we today, expect. He comes to us as a servant and as a child and yet more wonderful, mighty, everlasting, and princely than we could imagine.
    To Us a Child is Born: Wonderful Counselor

  9. Jesus Is Coming to Town

    book
    12/18/19
    8 mins
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    By Kathy Morales
    Jesus does not come to see how we will welcome Him. He does not come to make a list of who is bad or good because there is no list. Only a book of life. And He has come to write our names in that book.
    Jesus Is Coming to Town

  10. When the Great Shadow Departs

    book
    12/11/19
    9 mins
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    By Bonnie Petroschuk
    While we are promised that God will always be with us, we are also told of the benefits that can come to us even in our pain.
    When the Great Shadow Departs

  11. The Anti-Self-Help Prophet

    book
    12/10/19
    13 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    In the wilderness, God reaches down to show us that the only life is in one place: where there is water.
    The Anti-Self-Help Prophet

  12. The Thieving Christ

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    11/30/19
    7 mins
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    By Chad Bird
    Come, Lord Jesus, and steal our navel-gazing worship, and replace it with love for our adversaries, ears to listen and mouths to shut up, and hearts brimming with compassion for all.
    The Thieving Christ
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