Advent Archives - Bethel Grove Bible Church

Advent 2025: David the Shepherd

December 7, 2025 No Comments

When the people of Israel anticipated Messiah’s coming, they thought of their previous shepherds like David. A study of 1 Samuel 16.1-13.

Advent 2025: Moses the Shepherd

November 30, 2025 No Comments

When the people of Israel anticipated Messiah’s coming, they thought of their previous shepherds like Moses. A study of Exodus 3-4.

Waiting for a Savior

December 22, 2024 No Comments

What can we learn from a genealogy? In the record of Jesus’s family lineage, we can actually find the whole story of our need for

Waiting for Forgiveness

December 22, 2024 No Comments

The Bible’s Christmas story has a scandal at the center of it: God forgives our wrongdoing. A study of David’s sins of adultery and murder

Waiting for Justice

December 1, 2024 No Comments

Two women in Jesus’s genealogy were waiting for justice. In this first week of Advent, we look at the story of Tamar in Genesis 38

What are you waiting for?

December 1, 2024 No Comments

The season of Advent is about waiting. For children, an Advent calendar counts the days until Christmas, the anticipation of presents becoming more intense. For

BG’s New Art Team

December 31, 2023 No Comments

For our study of angels during Advent, BG relaunched its arts team, a group of painters, writers, and musicians conspiring to enliven our worship. We

Angels on Guard

December 24, 2023 No Comments

The last time the glory of God appears in the Old Testament, it is leaving the temple. Will it ever return? Where and when?

Angels on Fire

December 17, 2023 No Comments

There is a world beyond what we can see. In Isaiah 6.1-7, the prophet sees beyond the earthly temple into the heavenly places, where fiery

Angels in Command

December 10, 2023 No Comments

A priest on duty in the temple, surrounded by symbols of angels, suddenly encounters a real one. A study of Luke 1.18-20.

Angels on the Veil

December 3, 2023 No Comments

Angels are everywhere when Jesus is born. They visit an elderly priest, a young woman, and a carpenter. They surprise shepherds in the middle of

Safe House: Glory

December 25, 2022 No Comments

On Christmas Day, we consider what Caesar Augustus knew and when he knew it. (Last in the series “Safe House”).

Safe House: Love

December 18, 2022 No Comments

The angel Gabriel leaves Jerusalem for Nazareth, a town where nothing ever happens. He speaks to a young woman named Mary. (4th in the series

Safe House: Joy

December 11, 2022 No Comments

A bitter priest discovers God’s grace after serving in the temple. (3rd in the series “Safe House.”)

Safe House: Peace

December 4, 2022 No Comments

Solomon dedicates the temple (1 Kings 8) and teaches Israel about the real safe house God is building. (2nd in the series “Safe House.”)

Safe House: Hope

November 27, 2022 No Comments

Many people feel vulnerable this year. Inflation. Disease. Crime. The Bible speaks to our anxieties, telling a Christmas story that is often forgotten. God built