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“The Humility of Faith” (Luke 1:26-38)
In Mary’s confession we see that faith is the humble admission of God’s greatness and our relative limitedness.
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“El Cántico de los Angeles” (San Lucas 2:1-14)
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     Historically the season of Advent has had a mournful touch to it. The idea is that Christians focus on some of the sadness and social ennui that existed within Judaism prior to the birth of Jesus– after all, the very idea of a Savior presupposes that a person needs to be saved from something. To that end preachers often focus on those passages of the prophets’ writings that both lamented the then-current situation and also looked forward to something better.
     Of course, as Americans, we don’t have to worry much about cruel occupations and exile. But even so, many in our day struggle with a different sort of hopelessness, a general purposelessness and triviality born of the spiritual confusion of our time.   And just as Christ came to give hope to the downtrodden, so too does His coming offer hope to the philosophically and religiously befuddled.
     The following links connect to one of the best presentations of the so-called “Transcendental Argument for God” that I’ve ever heard. It illustrates just the sort of thing that Christ has come to free us from. Enjoy.

“Naturalism is Irrational” (Part 1 of 6)
“Naturalism is Irrational” (Part 2 of 6)
“Naturalism is Irrational” (Part 3 of 6)
“Naturalism is Irrational” (Part 4 of 6)
“Naturalism is Irrational” (Part 5 of 6)
“Naturalism is Irrational” (Part 6 of 6)