by Stuart | 25 Dec 2021 | A Reverse Advent, Devotionals
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” claims Andy Williams. He adds that it is “the hap- happiest season of all, with those holiday greetings and gay, happy meetings when friends come to call.” Christmas is certainly, for most of us, a time of great cheer. It’s...
by Stuart | 24 Dec 2021 | A Reverse Advent, Devotionals
The December 2017 edition of National Geographic included a Kristin Romey article titled, “What Archaeology is Telling Us about the Real Jesus.” Touring the Holy Land, and walking the roads the Gospels claim Jesus walked, she sought to sift historical fact from...
by Stuart | 23 Dec 2021 | A Reverse Advent, Devotionals
As we count down the days till Christmas, we are continue to consider some of the physical “comings” of the Lord recorded in Scripture, moving backwards from his future, bodily return to his first coming as a babe in the manger. The second “coming” we want to consider...
by Stuart | 22 Dec 2021 | A Reverse Advent, Devotionals
Christianity has historically taught that Jesus will come back bodily to earth at some unknown point in our future, when he will resurrect the dead and usher all humanity into a final judgement. For all the debate that surrounds eschatology (the doctrine of last...
