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    The Christ of Christmas: Readings for Advent
    The Christ of Christmas: Readings for Advent
    The Christ of Christmas: Readings for Advent
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    The Christ of Christmas: Readings for Advent

    By Calvin Miller

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    More and more people are now looking for ways to celebrate the Advent season. This modern favorite from Calvin Miller, now in a cozy jacketed hardcover edition, features brief everyday devotions for the entire month of December that bring readers back to the very first Christmas. Each devotion includes a full-page Scripture reading, main message, call-out quote, and written prayer. For anyone who desires a longer stay, there’s an additional passage to read from outside the Gospel accounts based on the day’s theme, as well as discussion questions that encourage group study or family time. Revisit the manger, the miracle, and the meaning of Advent with The Christ of Christmas.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBH Publishing Group
    Release dateOct 1, 2006
    ISBN9781433674921
    The Christ of Christmas: Readings for Advent
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    Calvin Miller

    Calvin Miller (1936-2012) was a professor at Beeson Divinity School. The beloved author of more than forty books, Miller was also well known as a poet, artist, novelist and speaker. His later works included Preaching (Baker), O Shepherd Where Art Thou? (Broadman Holman) and Conversations with Jesus (Harvest House). He summed up his rule of life in four words: "Time is a gift."

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      The Christ of Christmas - Calvin Miller

      Time.

      There was a man named John

      who was sent from God. He came as a

      witness to testify about the light,

      so that all might believe through

      him. He was not the light, but he

      came to testify about the light.

      John 1:6–8

      ONLY A MAN NAMED JOHN

      His name was John. He was born to be the forerunner of Christ, born to bear witness of the light.

      In a way, John was like us. We, too, have been born to bear witness of that light. Each time we approach the Advent season, we become joyously occupied with celebrating what the light has done in our lives. While John the Baptist was the first person called to be a witness of that light, His calling has become ours. He was a light of witness, and so are we.

      He knew people would always be hard on the light. The light has always had to shine in uncomprehending darkness. Still, though the darkness rejects it, the light of witness shines still.

      What does it mean to be a witness of the light? It simply means that we point to Jesus and say, See, Jesus is the light of the world! How did John the Baptist do this? Well, when he first saw Jesus coming up on the banks of the Jordan River, he pointed to Him and , cried, "Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! This is the One I told you

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