Summary: The truth of who God is can deflate our fear of people and replace it with a godly confidence.

Summary: Bethlehem becomes a place of tears soon after the joyous and miraculous birth, revealing the complex response of the world to the gospel of Jesus.

Summary: Bethlehem becomes the host site of good news of great joy.

Summary: In the face of abrupt change, God sends Samuel to Bethlehem for a new beginning.  In this process Samuel learns that God is not done his work.

Summary: In the story of Ruth, hope springs from an unlikely source in an unlikely place.

Summary: What does life look like under the Sovereign reign of God? Holding in tension our questions with God’s certainties.

Summary: In the face of overwhelming distress, God promises his people ultimate deliverance.

Summary: Daniel encounters God and receives strength and peace.

Summary: Daniel responds in faith, with prayer, to the bedrock truth: God keeps his promises.  But God also makes new promises – and these expand our hope.

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Summary:  Heaven and earth are not distant, but close – even interconnected. How does this frame how we understand God setting the seasons of life and “appointing” our times?