Advent Reading Plans & A Listening Playlist
Jesus Christ, our Savior, has come to us.
During the season of Advent, Christians remember that Christ, their Savior, has come. In this season, we enter into the world’s longing and need for salvation and redemption. We prepare our hearts for his arrival and we wait with great expectancy.
Click on either one of these Advent Reading Plans and spend some time daily as we remember the amazing reality of Christ's birth.
The incarnation of Christ refers to the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity has become human in the person of Jesus Christ. When Jesus took on flesh, becoming fully, truly human, He did so without ceasing to be fully, truly divine. He was the divine Son of God long before He became Jesus of Nazareth, and He will go on being both for all eternity.
READING PLANS
The Common Rule Advent Edition is a set of four daily habits designed to help you lean into the rich meaning of Advent - that Jesus has come to renew all things. The Advent Edition also contains a daily Prayer & Reading Plan. Rooted in the idea that our most ordinary of habits are forming our souls in the most extraordinary of ways, The Common Rule invites you to a new set of habits for Advent. Practicing the Advent Edition will help us celebrate that the King has come and wait for him to come again.
-Justin Whitmel Earley
In twenty-four readings beginning on December 1 and ending on Christmas Eve, the book of Isaiah tells the boisterous story of international political upheaval — the stunning prequel to Bethlehem. Nothing will deepen our appreciation for the Incarnation, nothing will better help us enjoy Christ, and all that he is for us, if we understand the global setting that anticipated, and demanded, his birth. Isaiah’s visions for the future redemption of the world calls for three separate individuals: a King, a Servant, and a Prophet.
-Tony Reinke, author
Christmas is an exciting time where families can see how God has given us hope, love, joy, and peace! Each week’s devotion will explore one of these themes as you open the Bible as a family and read a part of the Christmas story. After you read the story, we have included discussion questions to help get the conversation started and connect this story from Scripture to your kids’ lives.
-Lifeway Kids