Sariah Hilbish, Story Teller
The Week of Celebrating His Advent If you read the writings of the prophets in the Old Testament, it’s fairly clear that most of them don’t expect Christ to come to earth twice. When those who believe in who He is at His first coming meet Him, they expect that He will deliver them from …
The Third Week of Awaiting His Advent Perhaps the art of songwriting is lost today. Far be it from me to pass judgment upon any songwriter (I’ve never even tried the practice myself). However, when listening to the most popular music of the day…let’s say I’m not particularly impressed. Aside from personal taste and influence …
The Second Week of Awaiting His Advent Before we get to the birth of Jesus, we almost always start by thinking about his mother, Mary. This is only natural—after all, that’s how the stories begin in Matthew and Luke. They go first to Mary (well, and his other relatives, but I’ll save them for a …
The First Week of Awaiting His Advent (A Substack Post) As I’m writing this, it’s the Monday right after the first Sunday of Advent. Yesterday in church, we discussed one of the first advents of God. When “Abram believed God,” God came down to make a covenant with him. In Genesis chapter 15, we see …
“How should we explain Jesus’ belief in the necessity of his death? How should we account for the fact that what drove him on throughout his public ministry, as all four Gospels testify, was the conviction that he had to be killed? And how should we explain the fact that, whereas martyrs like Stephen faced …