“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” –Matthew 16:16 ESV We’re all familiar with the idyllic image

Read Matthew 11:19, Luke 15:1-7 While others have written about more “praiseworthy” and “reverential” names of Jesus during this Advent

Read: Psalm 118:22-23; Matthew 21:42; Ephesians 2:17-22 When I was a kid, my dad built a garage. I don’t think

Read: Exodus 12:1-7,13; Luke 2:8-14; John 1:19-29 The first introduction of the incarnate God to our world was unlike any

There is something sweet about the familiarity of Christmas. Every year, we see the same lights decorate our neighborhood. We

Read: Isaiah 52:13–53:12 Christmastime is often supposed to be a high point in every American’s life. According to a New

“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his

Read: Matthew 1:18-25; Isaiah 7:14   “If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you take with

Read: John 1:1-5, John 1:9; John 8:12 “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the

Read: John 14:6; John 8:31-36 Here we are, already halfway through Advent. It’s crazy to think that Christmas is only

Read: Matthew 1:18-25; Acts 4:12; Romans 10:13 If you’ve been following along with us in this Advent devotional, you’ve been

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” (John 1:1). “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling

Read Psalm 136:1-3   I officiated a wedding the other day and a Catholic friend walked up to me afterward

I was the first guy on our block to put out the Christmas lights this year. That’s right, I am

Read: John 11 Here in Texas, we know that the season we’re in is not always an accurate indicator of

Read: Daniel 7:1-28; Philippians 2:4-11   There are currently 7.8 billion people in the world today. If you ask anybody,

Read Exodus 16   When I was a young boy, there was this specific type of dinner roll I always

Read: John 15:1-8   For her mid-October birthday, I chose the customary bouquet of flowers for my wife, Katie, and

Read: John 10:1-18   Advent is meant to be a time of waiting expectantly. The kind of expectancy we as

Read: Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3; Isaiah 48:12-13; Psalm 90:2; Colossians 1:15-20; Matthew 28:20b; Revelation 22:13 I’ll be honest: when I