Tag: advent

The First Advent: How a Carpenter Saw Christ But Herod Didn’t

A Christology of Advent and the Significance of Fasting For nearly the entire 2000-year history of Christianity, disciples of Christ have always kept holy the season of Advent as a time of fasting and penance, a mini-Lent if you will, and deferred all Christmas festivities until the Eve of Our Lord’s birth. That is, until…
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Reclaiming Advent Amid Secular Christmas Celebrations

My wife and I were shopping in Hobby Lobby last week when I overheard a worker say, “We’ve had Christmas stuff out for so long that I’m sick of it already!” Look at the date. It’s only the beginning of December. We still have three weeks to go, and this poor man made his comment…
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