Journey or Different Kind of Christmas?
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Which Advent study to choose? Adam Hamilton's The Journey or Mike Slaughter's A Different Kind of Christmas?

The Journey
By Adam Hamilton read more

Why Nazareth?
By Adam HamiltonThe Christmas story begins in the town of Nazareth nine months before the birth of Jesus. Now, if any narrative ever cried out for attention to detail it is this one, so… read more


Christmas is Not Your Birthday: Sermon Series
By Mike SlaughterI stood before our congregation in the fall of 2004 and said, “I want you to have a slim Christmas this year . . . and whatever you spend on your family, bring an equal… read more

Jesus' Birthday Wish List
By Kevin AltonWhat do you get for somebody who has everything?
Choosing Christmas gifts is one of the most torturous social exercises known to humankind. It’s our own fault that it has… read more

Christmas is Not Your Birthday
By Mike Slaughter read more

A Different Kind of Christmas
By Mike SlaughterThis video is a preview of the DVD study sessions from Mike Slaughter's A Different Kind of Christmas, a five-session study for Advent based on the book, Christmas is Not Your… read more

Review: Christmas is Not Your Birthday
By Eric Van MeterChristmas has been hijacked, and Mike Slaughter is fed up. His latest book, Christmas Is Not Your Birthday: Experience the Joy of Living and Giving Like Jesus, lines out what he… read more

Review: The Journey
By Patricia FarrisPastor and prolific author, Adam Hamilton, has written an engaging, highly-readable book for the Advent/Christmas season based on portraits of the major characters and places in… read more

The Journey App Releases
By Ministry MattersAbingdon Press has released an interactive Advent calendar app in conjunction with the bestselling book by Adam Hamilton, The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem. This app… read more

Santa Claus Jesus
By Mike SlaughterWhat does God look like? How would you recognize God if or when God showed up?
Artists have attempted to depict God’s image in countless ways through the millennia… read more