Advent 2014
A resource for individuals and congregations for study, contemplation, and prayer; to bring hearts together during the Advent season. New content will be available on this page each day, it will also be shared on Facebook and Twitter throughout the Advent season. We’ll be offering daily discussions on social media. Join us on Twitter using the #SEIAadvent or through our page on Facebook.
[time-restrict on=”2014-12-23″ off=”2014-12-24″]December 23 |
[time-restrict on=”2014-12-24″ off=”2014-12-24″]December 24If Christ had arrived with trumpets and lain in a cradle of gold, his birth would have been a splendid affair. But it would not be a comfort to me. He was rather to lie in the lap of a poor maiden and be thought of little significance in the eyes of the world. Now I can come to him. Now he reveals himself to the miserable in order not to give any impression that he arrives with great power, splendor, wisdom, and aristocratic manners. But upon his return on that Day, when he will oppose the high and the mighty, it will be different. Now he comes to the poor, who need a Savior, but then he will come as a Judge against those who are persecuting him now.-Martin Luther, 1530 Sermon on the Nativity[/time-restrict] |
