"What has happened to the old-fashioned, spiritual Christmas? The cause
is our disregard of Advent. The church set aside this four-week
pre-Christmas season as a time of spiritual preparation for Christ’s coming.
It is a time of quiet anticipation. If Christ is going to come again into
our hearts, there must be repentance. Without repentance, our hearts will be
so full of worldly things that there will be ‘no room in the inn’ for Christ
to be born again.…We have the joy not of celebration. Which is the joy of
Christmas, but the joy of anticipation."
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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