Tag: second coming
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Epiphany: Follow the Light
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” John 1:5 Light is a penetrating force. A single candle lights a dark room. Stars burning billions of miles from earth light up the night sky, allowing sailors of old to navigate the seas. A single star many years ago called a…
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Christmas: Do Not Fear
And ye, beneath life’s crushing load, whose forms are bending low, who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and slow, look now! for glad and golden hours come swiftly on the wing. O rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing! – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear, vs 3 The…
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Advent: Preparation for a Banquet
“I tell you, I will never again drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” Matthew 26:29 A traditionally Eucharistic passage may seem like an odd place to begin Advent. A passage from Isaiah prophesying the first or second coming of Messiah…
Joshua Strickler 