At Christmas, we often talk about what happened: a baby lying in a manger, angels singing in the sky, shepherds watching in the field.
Advent begins with longing—with God’s people sitting in the dark and remembering what it means to wait. And when we look back through the
God’s people hear the same things every year: “For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us” (Isa.
But when the fullness of time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full
“Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness,
At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption