Yesterday marked the beginning of the Advent season. This is a sacred time in the church year that always starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas and concludes on Christmas Eve. For centuries, Christians around the world have used these weeks not merely to anticipate a holiday, but to prepare their hearts by contemplating both comings of Christ: His first coming in humility at Bethlehem, and His second coming in glory at the end of the age. Advent invites us to slow down

Growing up in church, I was always amazed by the different stories in the Bible. I always loved hearing about Abraham offering Isaac, Moses and the burning bush, Daniel in the lions’ den, and Samson with his extraordinary strength. As much as I loved these stories, it was not until I grew older that I began to understand that these stories were more than isolated events. They are connected to one another and form part of the whole of divine revelation. As we have been studyin

On Sunday, we spent time in Colossians 1, looking at Paul’s remarkable prayer for the Colossian church. In the New Testament, we have over twenty of Paul’s prayers preserved for us, each serving as a model for how we might structure and shape our own prayers. New Testament scholar D. A. Carson has examined these prayers in depth in his excellent book Praying with Paul . The fruit of his study can be found HERE , and I commend this resource to you if you desire a deeper dive i