1. Repentance is meaningless unless we are willing to acknowledge who we are: sinners needing mercy.
  2. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  3. When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
  4. It all starts with God; and it all ends with God. He is the alpha and omega of giving and generosity.
  5. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  6. Preachers and church workers must also hear the gospel preached to them.
  7. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022), written by Kathy Morales and Kyle G. Jones.
  8. Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
  9. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  10. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.