“Christ must be the one we look to at all times and especially during the celebration of Christmas,” writes Concordia University Nebraska student Isaiah Armbrecht in December’s The Lutheran Witness. Armbrecht and other writers use that central theme to span both the penitence of Advent and the celebration of Christmas, while keeping the magazine’s and reader’s focus on Christ.
And, the cover story digs into Gaudete, the Advent Sunday that breaks all the rules by encouraging Christians to rejoice in the Lord always, even during penitential Advent, while readers also hear from Scripture words of comfort that were just as true for the shepherds as they are for Christians today: “Fear not!”
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Posted Nov. 23, 2015