Matthew 5:33-37 The book Jim recommended is I Will Give You Rest by Edward Kurath.
Primary passages:
Matthew 5:7
Other Bible references:
2 Corinthians 1:3
Psalm 86:5
Psalm 59:16
Hebrews 4:15-16
Luke 6:36
Philippians 2
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
2 Peter 1
Primary passages:
Matthew 14
Other Bible references:
Hebrews 11
Mark 9
Mark 6
Exodus 3
After 18 years (and counting) working with teen and college-age students, Senior Associate Pastor Brian Sharpe shares what God has taught him about parenting. These lessons extend far beyond parenting as we all need to “write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates” and in everything we do (Deut. 6:9).
Advent is about waiting. For Israel, they were waiting for the Messiah, which was fulfilled when Jesus Christ was born. But for us today, Advent is also about waiting for Christ’s second coming when Jesus will return and reign over all nations, all people everywhere and for all eternity.