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The wise men didn't arrive on a single starry night, in a stable bustling with shepherds. Their journey was a grueling, months-long quest across treacherous deserts and forbidding mountains, not a peaceful stroll to a manger. These were not gentle kings, but powerful, influential astrologers, so potent that their mere arrival in Jerusalem could send a paranoid king into a panic. They were men of power, science, and wealth, driven by an unshakeable conviction that a new king had been born, and they would stop at nothing to find him. Forget the gentle fable you know.

When we picture the first Advent, we see Mary and Joseph huddled by a manger. We picture Gabriel, magi, and shepherds tending their flocks. A shining star against a midnight sky. But this harmonized version has lifted the Advent story out of its context--those who experienced the first Advent had to travel through great darkness to reach the hope that shining star announced. Trusted scholar and community organizer Kelley Nikondeha takes us back, to where the landscape of Palestine is once again the geographic, socioeconomic, and political backdrop for the Advent story.

In this short phrase, Elyse Fitzpatrick summarizes the heart of each devotion in Friend of Sinners. Beginning with Ash Wednesday and ending with the empty tomb, you’ll remember daily the love of Jesus, who died so you could have eternal life.

Wir können Ihn nicht kennen, wenn wir nicht erkennen, dass Er Realität ist. Der Bericht von der Geburt Jesu ist keine Legende. Maria und Joseph waren wirkliche Menschen. Ihr Dilemma des Raummangels in der Herberge war für sie eine große Not und so legten sie das Jesuskind in eine Krippe. Diese erste Weihnacht war weit entfernt von dem, was wir uns normalerweise als niedliche Weihnachtsszene ausmalen.

Get into the holiday spirit with these entertaining stories of family and friends...laughter and love...giving and gratitude...comedy and creativity! These 101 true, personal stories capture the magic, joy, and spirit of the holiday season. From Thanksgiving to Hanukkah, to Christmas and New...

Das Autorenehepaar erzählt, wie Menschen während des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Ostfriesland oder in einem russischen Wolgadorf zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts die Weihnachtszeit erlebt haben. In ihren Geschichten wird immer wieder deutlich, wer der Grund jedes Weihnachtsfestes ist: Jesus Christus.

Dieses Weihnachts-Album kann man eigentlich das ganze Jahr hindurch hören. Es schildert Jesus als das Licht, das in die Welt gekommen ist und uns alle mit seinen Strahlen erreichen will. Was das für Auswirkungen hat, erleben wir in mehreren Hörspielen und vielen bekannten Liedern. Sie hören den Wetzlarer Kinderchor mit seinen Solisten und Sprechern unter der Leitung von Margret Birkenfeld, begleitet von Jochen Rieger. Eine Wiederauflage der MC Es wird hell aus dem Jahr 1988.

Sanctify your time by meditating on the wisdom of the Church Fathers with Advent and Christmas with the Church Fathers: A Seven-Week Retreat on the Mystery and the Meaning of the Incarnation, a timeless guide to preparing your heart for the coming of Christ. This unique devotional pairs the ancient wisdom of the early Church with the liturgical rhythm of Advent and Christmas, offering profound insights into the incarnation and birth of Our Lord.

You think you know about Christmas celebrations? Get ready to discover the truth behind it all! You just need an audiobook that reveals how almost every "timeless" tradition is a product of invention, pagan rituals, and brilliant marketing.

Discover the fascinating connections between ancient birth stories and the Nativity of Jesus in this captivating four-week Advent study. The book discusses the births of Isaac and Ishmael, Samson, and Samuel to reveal how they foreshadow and enrich the timeless Christmas story in the final chapter.

Draw near to God this Christmas season as you reflect on spiritual lessons from a timeless holiday classic. This 25-day Advent devotional journeys through one of the world's most beloved Christmas stories, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and helps you honor Christmas in your heart—and...

Marie, vous la connaissez. Mais Joseph ? Comment ce simple charpentier de Bethléem a-t-il reçu la mission insolite de devenir le père adoptif de… Jésus, le sauveur du monde ? Cette année, revisitez la nativité ! Stupéfaction, incompréhension, crainte, joie et adoration… revivez les émotions du premier Noël avec ce témoin discret. "Préparez vous à découvrir Noël sous un tout nouvel angle!"

Hope for the Holidays is more than just a catchy phrase that you might find in a Hallmark greeting. Hope is vital to our lives, and it is often the most prevalent during the season of Christmas. This book speaks about the message of hope that we find in the Christmas story as we celebrate Jesus' birth.

Nothing is more foundational to the Christian faith than Jesus’s resurrection. But subjective, emotional arguments won’t convince skeptics that the resurrection happened. What if instead we approached their questions with the unbiased, fact-based manner of a cold-case detective evaluating the scene of a crime?

A Way in a Manger is a 32-day Christmas devotional that gently helps women to re-discover the joy and wonder of the Christmas season in the midst of all the to-do's and chaos. Using the names of Jesus found in Isaiah 9:6, the author helps women to unwrap the wonder and grace of this Scripture and how it impacts not only the meaning of Christmas but the meaning of daily life as well.

The Most Wonderful Time is a warm, funny, and unexpectedly profound journey through the centuries of stories, symbols, and surprises that gave us the holiday we know today. From the winter solstice rituals of early humans to the chaos of Saturnalia in ancient Rome… from the real Saint Nicholas to Coca-Cola’s Santa… from pagan ghosts and Yule logs to Mariah Carey — this is the true, tangled history of Christmas as you’ve never seen it. Along the way, James Johnson explores the contradictions at the heart of the holiday: joy and grief, light and darkness, sacred and commercial.

God Reached Down from Heaven with the Best Gift of All A sacred season is about to unfold for three women whose hearts belong to God. Elizabeth is barren, yet her trust in God remains fertile. Mary is betrothed in marriage, yet she is willing to bear God’s Son. Anna is a widow full of years...

'I adored this magical heartwarming family story with my two favourite ingredients at Christmas - movies and the Cotswolds!' Helen Rolfe 'This was such a beautiful and sweet romance!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ _____________________________ A Christmas film festival. Can this be their second shot at...

In Heaven and Earth: Advent and the Incarnation, Will Willimon introduces you to the God who does just that, bringing heaven to earth and changing everything. In Advent, we celebrate and anticipate the earth-shaking, life-transforming good news that God is coming to us.

My job was supposed to be easy. In and out. Spend a couple of hours in this Christmas-obsessed town, get enough information to write my travel article, and go home to hide away from all the lights and cheer. But my plans were turned upside down when my car died just as I passed the nauseatingly cheery welcome sign for Candy Cane Creek. Now, I’m stuck in this sickeningly-sweet town with nowhere to go. That is, until a stranger offers me his guesthouse. But not just any stranger. A handsome one dressed in an ugly Christmas sweater with a Santa-hat wearing dog.