Advent
The Hope of the World
Read: Matthew 12:9-21 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen. (v. 18) I grew up in a family of modest means. This meant that at times I saw desirable things—new
Ben Van Arragon December 5, 2025
Read: Matthew 12:9-21 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen. (v. 18) I grew up in a family of modest means. This meant that at times I saw desirable things—new
Read: Luke 1:5-17 Do not be afraid . . . for your prayer has been heard. (v. 13) The thing I find most challenging about prayer is wondering whether my
Read: Psalm 42 Why are you cast down, O my soul? (v. 5) One Christmas, my daughter set her heart on a specific gift. She heard rumors that the item
Read: Jeremiah 29:4-14 I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD. (v. 11) Taken out of context, Jeremiah 29:11 can be misleading. It’s often misread to mean
Read: Isaiah 60:1-9 Arise, shine, for your light has come. (v. 1) One of the most enduring sources of Advent Bible readings is the book of Isaiah. Even if you
Read: John 17:20-26 . . . I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and
Read: John 17:13-19 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. (vv. 17-18) What
Read: John 17:6-12 Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. (v. 11
Read: John 17:1-5 Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you. (v. 1) The words glory and glorify (or glorified) appear five times in