Join us on Monday evenings as we gather on Zoom to discuss the Advent sermons of Fleming Rutledge, published in her edited collection: Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ (Eerdmans, 2018).

Advent, says Rutledge, is not for the faint of heart. As the midnight of the Christian year, the season of Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book, with her trademark wit and wisdom, Rutledge explores Advent as a time of rich paradoxes, a season celebrating at once Christ’s incarnation and his second coming, and she masterfully unfolds the ethical and future-oriented significance of Advent for the church.

For this Zoom group, we will read and discuss select sermons for the four Sundays of Advent (~120 pages total, ~30 pgs/wk). Read ahead and come ready to share your insights, questions, and wonderings. Buy your book and register today!

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READING / ZOOM SCHEDULE:

Mon Dec 1: “Advent Begins in the Dark (Advent I)”
Advent Begins in the Dark (pgs 251-55)
The God Who Hides Himself (256-62)
The Doorkeeper (263-67)

Mon Dec 8: “The Armor of Light (Advent II)”
On Location with John the Baptist (pgs 275-80)
The Axe at the Root of the Trees (293-98)
The Armor of Light (299-304)

Mon Dec 15: “The Armor of Light (Advent III)”
A Better Bet (pgs 328-36)
The Glory of Lebanon (349-53)
The Sign of Immanu-el (354-56)

Mon Dec 22: “King of the Last Things (Advent IV)”
Hell (pgs 359-64)
Somewhere beyond Miindless Fluffland (376-82)
The Magical Reversal (383-89)