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Cathy Lynn Grossman of USA Today just posted an interesting article about how evangelicals are “adopting — and adapting” traditional Advent rituals. The piece, called “Evangelicals Adopting Advent,” features an interview with Crossway author Nancy Guthrie about Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, her new book of Advent reflections. Grossman writes:

Bible teacher and writer Nancy Guthrie has a collection of readings for Advent that draws on evangelical writers, with an emphasis on Scripture. In Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, Guthrie draws on 22 sermons and writings, from Saint Augustine and Martin Luther to theologians such as Jonathan Edwards and contemporary preachers such as John Piper and Tim Keller.

“I so often felt that by the time I got to Christmas morning, after the parties, and planning and shopping and presents and travel, that there was a void, that I hadn’t had time to prepare my heart for the gift, with a capital G, of Jesus,” says Guthrie of Nashville, whose denomination is the Presbyterian Church of America.

“Since I’m not bound by the traditional Advent, I could choose writers for this collection who break out of the familiar talk of Christmas to the shocking wonder of it, that God revealed himself to the humblest among us,” she says.

You can read the full article here. More information about Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, including the table of contents and sample chapters, is available on our website.