Love Came Down at Christmas

Love Came Down at Christmas
Author: Sinclair Ferguson
Publisher: The Good Book Company
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1784983543

Advent devotional on 1 Corinthians 13, reflecting on the source of authentic, divine, transforming love. Advent devotional on 1 Corinthians 13, reflecting on the source of authentic, divine, transforming love. Everyone seems to say that Christmas is about love. It’s in the songs we hear as we shop for presents and in the adverts we see on TV. It’s in the cards we send and on the gift tags we write. And Christians can agree. Christmas really is about love, because love came down at Christmas in the person of Jesus Christ. This Advent devotional contains 24 daily readings from 1 Corinthians 13. Sinclair B Ferguson brings the rich theology of the incarnation to life with his trademark warmth and clarity. We'll see what “love” looked like in the life of Christ and be challenged to love like him. Each day's reading finishes with a question for reflection and a prayer. However you're feeling, your heart will be refreshed as you wonder again at the truth that love came down at Christmas.

Love Came Down at Christmas: Daily Readings for Advent

Love Came Down at Christmas: Daily Readings for Advent
Author: Sinclair B. Ferguson
Publisher: Good Book Company
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2018-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781784982898

Love is at the heart of Christmasit's the reason behind all our gathering and gift-giving at this time of year. In this Advent devotional, Dr Sinclair B Ferguson refreshes our hearts as we reflect on the source it alllove incarnate, Jesus Christ. Over the course of December, this devotional walks through 1 Corinthians 13 phrase-by-phrase, showing us that "love is" the Lord Jesus himself. Sinclair Ferguson brings the rich theology of the incarnation to life with his trademark warmth and clarity. Drawing on stories from the Gospels, we'll see what "love" looked like in the life of Christ, and be challenged us to love like him during the Christmas season. Each day's reading finishes with carols and hymns for reflection and prayer. However you're feelingweary or frantic, lonely or lovesickyour heart will be refreshed as you wonder again at the truth that love came down at Christmas in the person of Jesus Christ.

Love Came Down

Love Came Down
Author: Christopher L. Webber
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2002-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0819218987

A rich collection of readings, from classic to contemporary authors and thinkers, for devotionals for Advent and throughout the year. “Easter Day is the center and crown of the Christian year, but no season of that year provides us with richer material for meditation than Advent and the twelve days of Christmas.” So writes Christopher Webber in this thoughtful and inspiring collection of meditations from the most gifted Anglican writers of the past six hundred years. Love Came Down draws on the best sermons, books, poems, and hymns by these writers, with a reading for every day in Advent and for each of the twelve days of Christmas. Writers include Christina Rossetti, R. W. Church, F. D. Maurice, John Donne, Jeremy Taylor, Madeleine L'Engle, Phillips Brooks, John Keble, William Temple, Thomas Traherne, William Law, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and many others. Brief biographies of the contributors are included.

Time Flies

Time Flies
Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1902
Genre: Calendars
ISBN:

Christmas! We Remember, Rejoice, Worship

Christmas! We Remember, Rejoice, Worship
Author: Mike Speck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2016-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780834184831

Bring your choir and congregation to a place of worship as you sing again the timeless wonder of the Christmas story.

The Christmas We Didn't Expect

The Christmas We Didn't Expect
Author: David Mathis
Publisher: The Good Book Company
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1784985546

Life is full of unexpected twists and turns and this has been particularly so in 2020. But the most unexpected and significant event in the history of the world actually happened over 2000 years ago when God himself became one of us in the person of Jesus Christ. These Advent reflections, written by David Mathis, help us to lift our eyes to wonder of the incarnation and worship the one who came to save us and make our futures certain. Be amazed once more by the unexpected details of Jesus' unique birth and saving work with these short daily devotions and prayers, and renew your worship of our humble, generous and loving Savior.

It's Christmas, David!

It's Christmas, David!
Author: David Shannon
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 133813776X

The bestselling star of No, David! turns Christmas traditions upside down with laugh-aloud humor. Readers of all ages will vividly remember trying to peek at hidden gift packages; writing scrolls of wish lists to Santa; and struggling to behave at formal Christmas dinner parties. Always in the background, we know Santa Claus is watching, soon to decide if David deserves a shiny new fire truck or a lump of coal under the tree. From playing with delicate ornaments to standing in an endlessly long line for Santa, here are common Christmas activities--but with David's naughty trimmings. A surefire hit that is destined to be an annual classic.

In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter
Author: Rachel Mann
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-03-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1786221624

Framed by her most famous poems ‘In the Bleak Midwinter’ and ‘Love Came Down at Christmas’, this daily devotional explores Advent and Christmas through the poetry of Christina Rossetti. For each day there is a poem with a reflection that draws on Rossetti’s writings, encompassing a rich variety of themes:

Love Came Down At Christmas Time

Love Came Down At Christmas Time
Author: David C. Bosley
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2011-11-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1466905638

True life is composed of those who are chosen, And my reason for life is not to reproduce strife, No, my cause I have found while I am yet above ground Is to spread the Gospel of Christ all around.

A Visit from St. Nicholas

A Visit from St. Nicholas
Author: Clement Clarke Moore
Publisher: Boston : Atlantic monthly Press
Total Pages: 20
Release: 1921
Genre: Children's poetry, American
ISBN:

A poem about the visit that Santa Claus pays to the children of the world during the night before every Christmas.