Daily Advent Devotional

ADVENT WEEK TWO December 6, 2020 Embrace the Wilderness Mark 1:1-8 … the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,” Mark 1:3 What a year. The verse above speaks to me right now, even more than in times past, because I have found myself crying out a lot lately. We are surrounded by racial brutality, a world heath crisis, political divisiveness...

ADVENT WEEK ONE December 5, 2020 More Questions Than Answers Mark 11:27-33 Again they came to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to him and said, “By what authority are you doing these things? Who gave you this authority to do them?” Jesus said to them, “I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do t...

ADVENT WEEK ONE December 4, 2020 Hope is Doing Jeremiah 1:4-10 See, today, I appoint you this day over the nations and kingdoms, to pluck and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant. Jeremiah 1:10 Too often, I find myself cheapening the annual advent journey with messages and anecdotes of silent, passive reflection. Pensively yearning for what should be amid the frustratio...

ADVENT WEEK ONE December 3, 2020 Restoring Right Relations with All My Relatives Psalm 85: 1-2; 8-13 The Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. Psalm 85:12 The ancient faith community hearing the words from this psalm still remembered that the land was not only a gift from God, but in a very real way, still belonged to God. It is a word of hope that God’s actions to bri...

ADVENT WEEK ONE December 2, 2020 Be Present Luke 21:34-38 “Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” Luke 21:36 As I write this devotion in mid-August, pandemic alcohol consumption and pot sales are way up. So is violence in cities, with Chicago and Portland often in the news. Racist and bigot...

ADVENT WEEK ONE December 1, 2020 Now to Then Micah 4:6-13 In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble the lame and gather those who have been driven away, and those whom I have afflicted. Micah 4:6 There is no new normal. There is now and there is then. Now is really hard, especially for people in our world who already had it hard. And while we distress over the challenges of our now, this is not...

ADVENT WEEK ONE November 30, 2020 Hope in Joy and Peace Micah 4:1-5 … but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. Micah 4:4 The portion of today’s scripture that gives me the most hope is the result of the peace that verse four describes. All will have their place of shade and safety (...

A Bounty Mark 13:24-37 “But about that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Beware, keep alert and pray.” Mark 13:32-33b Dr. Terry Ewing Vice President of Advancement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the 2020 Advent Devotional podcasts from Phillips Theological Seminary. The words of Malisa Pierce, senior director of advancement, introduce this new series. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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