Hidden Christmas: The Surprising Trut...
Timothy KellerFrom pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller comes the perfect gift for the Christmas holiday—a profoundly moving and intellectually provocative examination of the nativity story Even people who are not practicin...
Waiting Here for You helps us anticipate rather than dread the busy season of Advent and Christmas. Life is full of waiting – we can't escape it. We find ourselves in the middle of it every day – waiting on a prognosis to be given...
All I Really Want: Readings for a Mod...
Sometimes the happiest and holiest time of the year is also the hardest for people to enjoy. These daily readings offer the skeptic, the over-committed the opportunity to make room-perhaps just enough room for God to show up. The week...
Travel the Highways of Advent: An Adv...
This thematic Bible study is designed to be used by individuals and small groups during the Advent 2014 season. The book, written by Stan Purdum, is based on the particular pathways to Jesus during Advent. In addition to the main cont...
Under Wraps | Devotional: The Gift We...
Under Wraps is an all-church Advent experience that explores the character of God described in the Old Testament and then revealed through Jesus Christ. Through small group resources for all ages, teaching video, worship ideas and vis...
Under Wraps | Leader Guide: The Gift ...
Under Wraps is an all-church Advent experience that explores the character of God described in the Old Testament and then revealed through Jesus Christ. Through small group resources for all ages, teaching video, worship ideas and vis...
Underdogs and Outsiders: A Bible Stud...
The Bible is full of surprises. At every turn, from the beginning of the Old Testament right through the end of the New, we find God working in unexpected, even strange ways to bring about God's purposes. During Advent, remembering th...
Sent Devotions for the Season: Delive...
Jorge AcevedoAs you sent me into the world, so I have sent them . . . —John 17:18God sent Christ at Christmas. In turn, Christ sends us into the world to be his hands and feet, head and heart. Dynamic pastor Jorge Acevedo leads us on a 5-week Ad...
Sent Leader Guide: Delivering the Gif...
Jorge AcevedoAs you sent me into the world, so I have sent them . . .—John 17:18God sent Christ at Christmas. In turn, Christ sends us into the world to be his hands and feet, head and heart. Dynamic pastor Jorge Acevedo leads us on a 5-week Adv...
Sent [Large Print]: Delivering the Gi...
Jorge AcevedoAs you sent me into the world, so I have sent them . . . —John 17:18God sent Christ at Christmas. In turn, Christ sends us into the world to be his hands and feet, head and heart. Dynamic pastor Jorge Acevedo leads us on a 5-week Ad...
Look!: A Child‘s Guide to Advent an...
Laura AlaryLook! A Child's Guide to Advent and Christmas presents Advent as special time for waiting and watching—paying attention—to the ways God comes to us. Told from the point of a view of a child, the story weaves together familiar Ad...
Repeat the Sounding Joy: A daily Adve...
Christopher AshIn this Advent journey through Luke 1–2, Christopher Ash brings these familiar passages to life with fresh insight, colour and depth. As you soak up the Scriptures, you'll experience the joy of Christmas through the eyes of those wh...
To prepare for Christmas in our society is to be sucked into a vortex of indulgence, from decor to gifts to calorie-rich foods. Layer upon layer of tinsel, lights, and wrapping paper create the illusion of abundance, disguising the fe...
Names for the Messiah: An Advent Stud...
Walter BrueggemannIn Isaiah 9:6, a divine utterance is given to us using four royal titlesWonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Names for the Messiah ponders each title and how the people understood it then, how Jesu...
The Advent of God's Word: Listening f...
Brenda K. BuckwellThis daily devotional invites the reader to create reflections beyond words through the use of mandalas. Optional creative arts of icon gazing, lectio visio, meditative movement and audio lectio bring a fresh perspective, transforming...
The True Meaning of Giving: Daily Dec...
CL BurgerGod gave humanity the ultimate gift thousands of years ago to show his love to us. We can never give that great a gift. While our gifts may seem to pale in comparison, a heartfelt gift stands the test of time. When we focus on the tru...
Five Questions of Christmas: Unlockin...
Robin Lee BurkhartWe think of Christmas as the time when we received the Answer. "The Reason for the Season," right? Author Rob Burkhart reveals a different way to read the Christmas story. He suggests that five of life's keystone questions a...
Christmas in the Four Gospel Homes: A...
Cynthia M. CampbellHow might a house look for Christmas based on what each Gospel says about it? In Christmas in the Four Gospel Homes, beautiful illustrations from architect Kevin Burns reimagine each of the four Gospels as a “house,” which the chu...
Pull up a chair, pour some eggnog, and enjoy the Christmas spirit with friends... From the wind-swept, snowy ranges of Wyoming to Florida beaches glowing with Christmas lights, All American Christmastraces holiday traditions across...
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas ...
Jack CanfieldChicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas Magic will warm readers' hearts and spread the wonder of the holiday season with its tales of love, joy, and awe. A fantastic holiday gift for the young and young at heart.Christmas is a magical ti...
An Even Better Christmas: Joy and Pea...
Matt ChandlerChristmas is greatin fact, it's better than all the commercial hype! In the midst of the gift-buying, make-everybody-happy, food-gorging craziness that is Christmas, Matt Chandler helps us stop breathe and refocus our hearts.In his un...
The One True Story: Daily Readings fo...
Tim ChesterEveryone loves the Christmas story. But the story of the baby in the manger is the culmination of a thousand other stories. It is the focus of the story of the Bible and the story of human history. The book has 24 short meditative re...
Advent and Christmas Wisdom from St. ...
John ClearyEven though she is a Doctor of the Church, St. Therèse of Lisieux is more well-known for being the "little flower" of Jesus. Through her "little way," she has inspired many Catholics to love God simply, devoutly,...
Home for Christmas: Tales of Hope and...
Justin ColemanHome for Christmas brings inspiring stories of hope and second chances into the Advent season. Author and pastor Justin Coleman matches real life stories of struggle and triumph to the Advent themes of hope, love, joy, and peace to sh...
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: ...
Ace CollinsFor Christians worldwide, the month of December is filled with joy and wonder as we anticipate the celebration of Christ’s birth. There is no other time of the year that can compare to the Christmas season for both the young and you...
Before Christmas: The Story of Jesus ...
Bill CrowderWhat's so exciting about the Christmas story? Why not take a look at the backstory to find out? Journey through the Bible to uncover what it says about the birth of Jesus as you examine . . .His character as God,His relationship with ...
The Characters of Christmas: 10 Unlik...
Daniel DarlingLearn Something New This ChristmasWe hate to admit it, but after years, sometimes even decades, of reading the same Luke 2 story of Christmas, we get a little bored—we lose some of the awe we ought to have when discussing the greate...
Holy Disruption: Discovering Advent i...
Tracy S. DaubWhere’s the baby? The Gospel of Mark doesn’t have a nativity story—so where’s the Advent message? It’s in every aspect of Jesus’ life, to his death and beyond. The Incarnation—God come to ear...
The Through the Eyes of Christmas: Ke...
Ron DavisThrough the Eyes of Christmas: Keys to unlocking the spirit of Christmas in your heart by Ron Davis. How will you get into the Christmas spirit this year? Each December, most of us face that same question as we prepare to celebra...
All Earth Is Waiting: Devotions for t...
Katie Z. DawsonAll Earth Is Waiting invites readers to explore the familiar Advent themes of hope, preparation, joy, and peace with the heavens and earth in mind. Through her powerful and personal reflections, author Katie Z. Dawson calls us to cons...