The temple in Jerusalem was beyond help. It was filled with corruption, hypocrisy and evil. Although it was a place to be near God, all its leaders were far from Him. Jesus (rightly) predicts that God is calling time on the Temple, but behind his predication is the hope that God is constructing a new one.

The religious leaders are feeling the heat from Jesus' ministry so they decide to push back by challenging his authority. Jesus masterfully establishes that his authority is divine whilst the religious leaders authority is derived from the people.

How do you feel as a child when you heard your mum's keys in the door? Did it fill you with dread, or delight? The king, Jesus, came and will come again. Will it be dread or delight for you?

We all, in some way, know that we are broken, but our best solutions point us back to ourselves. The Lord Jesus wants to set us free from the disappointment of trusting in ourselves and invites us to place a faith in Him that is needy: child-like and utterly dependent on Him, because only He is our Hope.

Is self evaluation an important concept? The writer of Hebrews argues such, and not just at the start of a new year or even monthly, but daily.

What do you want your future to be like? If you fail to plan you plan to fail, so what does God tell us about how we should approach planning? Tune in for helpful instructions to guide our steps.

The final place on our survey of the advent brigs us to God's desire to be with us. Johns's alternatives view of the advent evokes sciences from the exodus where Jesus is a new tabernacle of God's presence with us.

Is Bethlehem just a random place in which Jesus was born or is it symbolic of something more profound? The history of Bethlehem reveals that it has been the place where the hope of a family, a nation and the world are revived.

Israel and Judah's failure to measure up to God's mark brought them suffering at the hand of other nations. God gives a child and a son going first to the rebellious despised people that they may see the merciful and righteous reign of His everlasting King.

What did Jesus say believers must watch out for, if they are to inherit Kingdom of God?