Search Results: advent resources

2 Corinthians 10

[…] face scrutiny for everything from their choice of shoe to the color of any accessories they may wear, such as necklaces, earrings, or even ties. With the advent of resources such as YouTube, our congregants have the opportunity to listen to any number of pastors who may fit the look or sound of the […]

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Psalm 19

Lent 3B

[…] the power to pay what you owe and set you free. To a church living in a multi-cultural world, the epistolary reading for this Third Sunday of Advent gives a summary commentary on Psalm 19.  Often, folks who rely on natural revelation or special revelation don’t see the need for a goel, particularly the […]

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Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25

Proper 28B

[…] God.  Of course, sometimes you have to squint pretty hard to see that. *Long, Thomas G. Hebrews. Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1997. Please Note: Year C Advent and Christmas Resources are available on CEP. Illustration Idea I once heard about a story that Fred Craddock told about an older man named Will.  I […]

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2 Samuel 23:1-7

Proper 29B

[…] like the rising sun on a cloudless dawn and the brightness that comes after a hard rain, revealing a creation where all things are new. Please Note: Advent and Christmas 2021 Resources are now available on CEP! Illustration Idea: In his deeply moving book Open Secrets, Richard Lischer tells of his first three years […]

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Psalm 93

Proper 29B

[…] And because of that, at the end of the day it will be cosmos, not chaos, that will have the last, best word on everything. Please Note: Advent and Christmas 2021 Resources are now available on CEP! Illustration Idea In the quirky movie Forrest Gump, Gary Sinise plays Forrest’s commander in Vietnam, a man […]

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Matthew 14:13-21

Proper 13A

[…] the best of the situation by declaring that as a matter of fact Jesus had returned but that it had turned out to be an invisible, spiritual advent. Believing themselves to be living in an already-present millennial kingdom, these Adventists decided that as part of this new identity they should invent alternative foods as […]

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Matthew 14:13-21

Proper 13A

[…] the best of the situation by declaring that as a matter of fact Jesus had returned but that it had turned out to be an invisible, spiritual advent.  Believing themselves to be living in an already-present millennial kingdom, these Adventists decided that as part of this new identity they should invent alternative foods as […]

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Heidelberg Catechism

  Home » You searched for advent resources » Page 8 Lord’s Day 1 Expand What is your only comfort in life and in death? That I am not my own, but belong- body and soul, in life and in death to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins […]

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