Your heavenly Father has not purchased you with gold or with silver but with the most valuable currency in the universe; the blood of God.

Luke shows us that when we try to fit God into our life movie, the plot is all wrong; and not just wrong but trivial.

On today's episode, Kelsi chats with friends, Gretchen Ronnevik and Katie Koplin from the Freely Given Podcast, about the Advent season and how a fuller expansion into the three different arrivals or comings of Jesus changes how we understand and celebrate Advent.

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Luke's account of the annunciation where the angel Gabriel appears before Mary to announce that she will conceive a child by the Holy Spirit.

This is a special crossover episode with Kelsi Klembara from the podcast: "Outside Ourselves." Kelsi is also the online content manager for 1517 and mother to 3 kids. She holds an MA in Reformational Theology from Concordia University Irvine.

John the Baptist unfailingly and unflinchingly points to Jesus, even from the womb.

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss John the Baptist once again – this time his appearance at the beginning of John's gospel.

Mary hears the word of God and then waits on the Word of God to be born from her womb.

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss one of the end times sayings of Christ from the Gospel of Mark.

This article comes to us from our friend’s at Storymakers and was written by Jane Grizzle. For more information on Storymakers, please visit their website.

As we finish Advent and celebrate Christmas, we remember that we are still waiting in hope for the return of our Savior.