Grazie Pozo Christie, M.D., reflects on Mark 13:37, "And what I say to you I say to all: Watch." For the first Sunday of Advent, Christie revealed the need to prepare spiritually during Advent.

Second Sunday of Advent reveals lessons about repentance and its key role, ... THIS ADVENT, JESUS CHRIST 'IS THE ONLY HOPE WE HAVE FOR PEACE,' SAYS EXPERT ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

Christ has promised us that the gates of hell will not prevail against us. Advent is our time to remember he is coming again, and to start acting like it. Advertisement ...

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But the second coming is something else. As Karl Barth said, we can’t fathom the Second Advent of Jesus Christ, and we stammer when we try to speak of it. I think I know what Barth meant. Part of our ...

The oldest document in which we find the length and exercises of Advent mentioned with anything like clearness, is a passage in the second book of the History of the Franks by St. Gregory of Tours ...

The Importance of Christ’s Second Coming. The prominent place this subject occupies in the Scripture gives some indication of its importance.

The visible and personal Second Advent of Christ became tangential to the full manifestation of the Kingdom. The miseries of World War I punctured this optimism, and the agonies of World War II ...

To balance the remembrance and anticipation experience during the holiday, the first two Sundays in Advent (through Dec. 8) look forward to Christ’s second coming, while the last two Sundays ...

“Advent is a preparation for the coming of Christ, and we really note that two different ways,” Wade Powell, First United Methodist Church’s senior pastor, said.

For many people who observe Christian traditions, Advent is a special season that begins on Dec. 1 and lasts until Dec. 24, leading up to the celebration of Jesus Christ’s birth at Christmas.