For many, it symbolizes the coming of Jesus Christ into the world as both a historical event, celebrated at Christmas, and a ...

When is “soon”? And who is “I”? For the past three years I’ve followed seven men who claim to be the Second Coming of Christ (five are shown here). By immersing myself in their ...

One of the gifts we celebrate at Advent is joy. Joy is something the Christian receives at the first coming of Christ, or when Christ first comes into your life as Lord and Savior. Joy guides and ...

Advent started as a time for remembrance and a sign for Christians to be open and ready for the second coming of Christ and held to traditional items and events like a wreath with candles ...

In the Christian church calendar, Advent is a period of preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ at Christmas and a preparation for the Second Coming of Christ. Advent ...

As the season of Advent draws to a close, four local clergy have offered their perspectives of the importance of Advent as it ...

Every year in early December, we begin another Advent, a time of expectation, waiting for the arrival of our Savior. The word ad-vent comes from Latin; ad means until, and vent means he comes, so ...

To balance the remembrance and anticipation experience during the holiday, the first two Sundays in Advent (through Dec. 8) look forward to Christ’s second coming, while the last two Sundays ...

Hal Lindsey, who authored the best-selling nonfiction book of the 1970s in "The Late, Great Planet Earth," has died at 95.

As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, many Christian communities around the world prepare to enter the sacred season of Advent. This four-week period leading up to Christmas is not only a ...

It is also a time of preparation when Christians think about the second coming of Christ and what they need to do to be ready for his return. For Christians, Advent is not just a time of ...