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Advent Can Still Change the World Josh Scott
The Strength to Carry Lisa Toney
God's Surprises for the Christmas Season
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Theological deep dives
Characterdriven stories
Characterdriven stories
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A study inviting readers into the historical and cultural world behind the Nativity narratives in Matthew and Luke. Pastor Josh Scott shows how Jesus's birth fulfills Old Testament hope, moving beyond familiar tradition to uncover what the Christmas story meant in its own time—and what it offers our own moment today. Well-suited for individual devotion, small groups, or family Advent reading.
Book + streaming video and leader guide access (code included) • DVD • Abingdon Press
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A women's Bible study for Advent, rooted in Luke 1–2 and Matthew 1–2, following Mary and Elizabeth through one of Scripture's most extraordinary seasons. Lisa Toney explores how Mary met an unplanned path with courage, humility, and trust, offering a model for women navigating circumstances they didn't choose. Includes guided prayer and reflection each week, with leader helps built into the workbook.
Participant workbook (leader guide included) + streaming access • DVD • Abingdon Press
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A study exploring the Nativity through the lens of disruption and delight—Mary's unexpected calling, Joseph's change of plans, shepherds startled by angels, and magi redirected by a dream. Susan Robb shows how each of these holy surprises opened the way for God's presence, offering practical comfort for readers whose own plans haven't gone as expected this season.
Book + streaming video and leader guide access (code included) • DVD • Abingdon Press
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Biblical scholar Amy-Jill Levine traces the Christmas story from its Old Testament roots through the Nativity accounts, exploring the lives of Zechariah and Elizabeth, the role of women in first-century Jewish culture, the revolutionary implications of Mary's Magnificat, and the journey to Bethlehem. Written with Levine's signature clarity, this revised and expanded edition makes rich biblical scholarship accessible to readers of every background.
Book + streaming video and leader guide access (code included) • DVD • Abingdon Press
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Susan Robb
Light of the World Revised & Expanded Amy-Jill Levine
Biblical deep dives
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The Redemption of Scrooge 10th Anniversary
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Faith through pop culture
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Pastor Matt Rawle finds the teachings of Jesus inside Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, following Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation alongside the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. This tenth-anniversary edition adds a new preface reflecting on ten years of changed lives, inviting groups to discover that if redemption is possible for Scrooge, it's possible for anyone this Advent.
Book + streaming video and leader guide access (code included) • DVD • Abingdon Press
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Mike Slaughter's bestselling holiday classic returns in a fully revised fifteenth-anniversary edition with a new foreword by Rachel Billups. In five short chapters, Slaughter challenges readers to cut through commercial hype and rediscover a Christ-centered Christmas—trading overspending and busyness for the peace of God's presence and the joy of sacrificial giving.
Book + streaming video and leader guide access (code included) • DVD • Abingdon Press
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Max Lucado's four-session study meets readers wherever the season finds them—even amid loneliness or heartache— with the reminder that God is near and understands their struggles. Lucado points to the manger itself as the message: an unremarkable gift in an unremarkable package that rewrites how we see our own story. This updated edition adds video notes, discussion questions, and a new Advent practice section.
Study Guide + streaming video access • Harper Christian Resources
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An Advent study drawn from the voices of Scripture's prophets, from major figures like Isaiah, Jeremiah, and John the Baptist to lesser-heard voices like Miriam, Joel, and Anna. Organized around four weekly themes—reveal, renew, rejoice, and return—the study speaks ancient words of hope into modern uncertainty, with daily readings, discussion questions, and resources for congregational worship and mission.
Book (daily readings + worship/mission resources) • Westminster John Knox Press
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Matt Rawle
Christmas Is Not Your Birthday 15th Anniversary Edition
Beginnerfriendly
Mike Slaughter
Because of Bethlehem Updated Edition · Love Is Born, Hope Is Here
Beginnerfriendly
Max Lucado
Witness to the Light An Advent Study with the Prophets Erin Wathen
Characterdriven stories
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An Unlikely Advent Extraordinary People of the Christmas Story
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Characterdriven stories
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Rachel Billups guides readers through the Advent themes of hope, love, joy, and peace by sharing the stories of Elizabeth and Zechariah, Herod, the magi, and the shepherds. Each character offers their own lesson in living faithfully on the way to Christmas.
Book • Leader Guide • DVD • • Abingdon Press
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Matt Rawle uncovers the faith themes tucked inside the Christmas classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, naming the very real Grinch-like discontent that can creep into even the most joyful holiday season. Rediscovering the gift of Advent that comes without packages, ribbons, or bows, this study invites groups to find faith themes in a story nearly everyone already knows by heart.
Book • Leader Guide • DVD • Sermon/Worship Download • • Abingdon Press
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Adam Hamilton explores the many names given to Jesus— Lord, Messiah, Savior, Emmanuel, Light of the World, Word Made Flesh—and what each title reveals about the child whose birth Christians celebrate at Christmas. A reflective study on the significance of the Incarnation for both personal faith and the wider world today.
Book • Large Print • Leader Guide • DVD • Children’s Leader Guide • • Abingdon Press
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Beloved pastor and scholar Will Willimon explores the mystery of Jesus as both fully human and fully divine, reflecting on how a tiny baby in a manger reveals God's fullest self-revelation to humanity. In this Advent season, heaven feels close at Christmas, as God comes not merely to speak to us, but to be with us.
Book • Leader Guide • DVD • • Abingdon Press
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Rachel Billups
The Heart That Grew Three Sizes Finding Faith in the Story of the Grinch
Faith through pop culture
Matt Rawle
Incarnation
Rediscovering the Significance of Christmas
Theological deep dives
Adam Hamilton
Heaven and Earth Advent and the Incarnation Will Willimon
Theological deep dives
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On the Way to Bethlehem An Advent Study
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Journey & place
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Rob Fuquay draws readers into the geographical and historical significance of Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem, along with the key figures through whom the Christmas story unfolds. Each location becomes a window into deeper spiritual truth, inviting readers to experience the journey to Bethlehem as more than just a backdrop to the Nativity.
Book • Leader Guide • DVD • • Abingdon Press
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Ed Robb explores the warmth of welcome at Christmas through interactions with Mary and Joseph, the shepherds, and the magi. Just as Jesus made room in God's kingdom for those on the margins of society, this study asks readers to consider who they might make room for this Christmas season.
Book • Leader Guide • Abingdon Press
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Drawing on John Wesley's 1741 sermon calling believers to follow Christ wholeheartedly rather than settle for being merely ”almost” committed, this churchwide Advent experience breaks down the barriers that prevent us from experiencing an ”altogether” love, hope, joy, and peace in Christ—in our lives and in the world around us.
Book • Large Print • Leader Guide • DVD • Youth Study Guide • Almost Christmas Devotions for the Season • • Abingdon Press
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Amy-Jill Levine brings her expert knowledge of Scripture to this four-week Advent study, tracing the fascinating connections between ancient birth stories and the Nativity of Jesus. Readers discover how Scripture's earlier birth narratives anticipate the story of Jesus's birth—and how that birth, in turn, gives new meaning to the stories that came before it.
Book • Leader Guide • DVD • • Abingdon Press
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Rob Fuquay
Making Room Sharing the Love of Christmas
Characterdriven stories
Ed Robb
Almost Christmas A Wesleyan Advent Experience
Magrey R. DeVega, Ingrid McIntyre, April Casperson, Matt Rawle
A Child Is Born
A Beginner's Guide to Nativity Stories Amy-Jill Levine
Wesleyan; Whole-church & devotional
Biblical deep dives
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