Strange, Old and Good News: The News of Advent
Week 3: The News of Advent
1. Strange News, Luke 1:26–38
“We cannot tell in what strange ways God will work. We can be sure that He is utterly worthy of our trust.”
NT Wright
2. Old News, Matthew 2
“The Christian landscape is strewn with the wreckage of derelict, half-built towers — the ruins of those who began to build and were unable to finish… They have covered themselves with a decent, but thin, veneer of Christianity — respectable, but not uncomfortable.”
John Stott
Francoise Fenelon said in so many words, we make the sanctuary out of what was meant only as the porch.
3. Good News, Luke 2:8-14
“I bring you good news of great joy for all people.
Today, in the city of David, a Savior has been born to you.
He is Christ the Lord.”
Luke 2:10
Savior, Lord, Christ.
“God intends the restoration of a lost world to Himself… and in Jesus Christ, He makes this possible.”
Alister McGrath
“The gospel narratives are not about what you should do, but about what God has done. The birth of the Son of God is good news — an announcement. You don’t save yourself. God has come to save you.”
Tim Keller
The Art: The Annunciation, 1457
Jaume Ferrer the Younger
oil, tempera, and gold on wood panel
Unframed: 67 11/16 x 49 1/8
