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Advent is a season of waiting and preparing our hearts for the coming of Christ. John 1 presents a beautiful picture of the incarnation, allowing us to see the glory of Christ. As you read verses 1-3, we see that before creation, before the world began, Christ was. Advent is a season in which we are not merely celebrating the birth of a baby; we are in complete adoration of the sovereign Lord who ...

Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is undoubtedly the most iconic Christmasstory; aside from the literal birth of Jesus, of course. It’s a story very much influenced by itstime period. Dickens wrote it in the London of the mid-1800s, with all of its social inequalityand child labor firmly intact. The infamous protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, is a metaphor forthe greed of Victorian society. He’s a ...

In the context of our passage, James is writing to people who are suffering. Some are being defrauded by their employers, who are withholding their daily wages. This meant that they could not provide food for their families. James assures them that while they're suffering now, he encourages them to be patient and wait for the Lord's return, and He will straighten out the situation. I admit that wh...