1. The Lord did for Hannah what he loves to do: he shifted everything into reverse, making the bottom the top and the top the bottom.
  2. However knowledgeable you may become by reading Buddha or compassionate after following Gandhi, you will never find forgiveness in anyone else other than Christ alone.
  3. The crucified and risen Christ comes to renew, restore, and build up.
  4. The world rushes forward, lighting up screens and decking out storefronts in a mad sprint toward the next thing, but Advent pulls us back.
  5. In Scripture, laments are raw expressions of grief, but they always point to hope. What if our culture’s obsession with holiday lights is an unconscious way of crying out, “We need good news, and we need it now”?

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