Worship Folder

Outline

Hook: Have you ever been homesick?

I. THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
"The Maker of man, he was made man, so that the director of the stars might be a babe at the breast; that bread might be hungry, and the fountain thirsty; that the light might sleep, and the way be weary from a journey; that the truth might be accused by false witnesses, and the judge of the living and the dead be judged; that justice might be convicted by the unjust; that strength might grow weak, eternal health be wounded, life die." - Augustine

II. THE SON OF MAN
"The Son of God has become the son of man in order – as man – to redeem and restore man to his originally designed status and glory." - Fred Zaspel

III. THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
"In a very real sense, the Christian community lives in Advent all the time." - Fleming Rutledge

Takeaway: As exiles, we work and wait.

Resources

• Caroline Cobb, Advent for Exiles
• Ian Duguid, Daniel
• Fleming Rutledge, Advent
• Christoper Watkin, Biblical Critical Theory