Peace: Then and There and Now and Here (Advent Devotional, Part 4)
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Why is it so difficult to achieve peace? Because life in a fallen world creates sin and dividing walls of hostility. This makes us rightfully call for justice and yet stubbornly withhold forgiveness. Consequently, a world not only of evil, strife, and pain, but of sorrow emerges. Yet there is one place on earth where […]
Peace: The Absence of Conflict? (Advent Devotional, Part 1)
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The world is chaotic. Jesus’s world was too. If he was the Messiah, the Prince of Peace, why has nothing changed? Listen in as Abdu briefly reflects on Luke 2:8-15.
Between Joy and Hope | A Christmas Reflection
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TRANSCRIPT Our family loves watching A Charlie Brown Christmas, the 1965 animated special (we don’t care much for the more modern sequel). It’s odd that something as seemingly frivolous as a cartoon can plumb the depths of Christmas. In the special, Charlie Brown is frustrated because his friends are putting on a Christmas pageant that […]