Recapture the Wonder of God-With-Us This Advent Season

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Recapture the Wonder of God-With-Us This Advent Season By Scott Erickson (Bible Gateway Blog) I. Love. Holidays. I'm always up for a celebration! And the crème de la crème for me is Christmas. It is by far my favorite time of year. But a few years ago, as the twinkly lights and evergreens came out, as they always do, I found myself increasingly ambivalent about the whole ordeal.... Continue Reading Know Your Identity: Don't Let Labels Define You By Rebekah Lyons (Bible Gateway Blog) "Mom, what is Down syndrome?" Pierce asked with tear-stained, chubby cheeks after exiting the bus one autumn day in second grade. The term for his brother's medical diagnosis had yet to surface in our home. We weren't in denial as parents; we simply wanted our younger two to know their brother for all he is, as Cade.... Continue Reading A Biblical Perspective of Good and Bad By Dr. Henry Cloud (Boundaries Blog) The world around us is good and bad. The people around us are good and bad. We are good and bad. Our natural tendency is to try to resolve the problem of good and evil by keeping the good and the bad separated. We want, by nature, to experience the good me, the good other, and the good world as "all good." To do this, we ... Continue Reading   - Want more? Subscribe to one or more of the following devotional email newsletters published jointly by Bible Gateway and Zondervan Books: Boundaries (weekly) Investigating Faith with Lee Strobel (weekly) The Daniel Plan (weekly) The Daniel Prayer (a 5-day devotional journey) The Seven Money Types (a 9-day Bible study) Care Instructions for a Life Worth Living with John Ortberg (weekly) Want a FREE eBook? Sign up for the Zondervan Books Weekly email newsletter and receive the PDF eBook Daily Power: The First 31 Days by Criag Groeschel, taken from Craig's devotional Daily Power. Learn More Here - Follow along for more!  This email was sent to mucomacamucomaca.muco@blogger.com by Bible Gateway, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA. This email is part of a devotional or newsletter that you signed up for on BibleGateway.com. If you have questions or comments about this email, please contact us.   Manage all Bible Gateway subscriptions — Opt Out of all Bible Gateway communication -