A blessed November to you all. This year, for some reason, I’ve been thinking a lot about parts and partiality. I’m one of those people who hates to leave things half done or hanging on for another day. It’s so bad, in fact, that the first thing I do after getting home from a vacation…
Advent, like Lent, is a major season in the life of the church. Interestingly, they both celebrate very similar things: The return of Jesus and his power to overcome death, separation, and all things which keep humans and God apart. The word Advent, as I’ve written before, comes from the Latin “adventus” which means “coming.”…
1Now I should remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, 2through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain. 3 For…