Excerpt
"What I want most for Christmas this year is to join you (and many others) in seeing Christ in all his fullness and that we together be able to love what we see with a love far beyond our own half-hearted human capacities" (p. vi).
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About the Book
Good News of Great Joy: Daily Readings for Advent is designed especially for Advent 2012. With readings beginning Sunday, December 2, and going through Christmas Day, this book of Advent devotionals aims to put Jesus at the center of your holiday season. These short meditations are excerpted from the ministry of John Piper and correspond to the daily readings in Desiring God's free devotional app called Solid Joys (available in iTunes and Google Play).
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Table of Contents
Introduction: What Does Jesus Want This Christmas?
December 2: Prepare the Way (Luke 1:16–17)
December 3: Mary’s Magnificent God (Luke 1:46–55)
December 4: The Long-Awaited Visitation (Luke 1:68–71)
December 5: For God’s Little People (Luke 2:1–5)
December 6: No Detour from Calvary (Luke 2:6–7)
December 7: Peace to Those with Whom He’s Pleased (Luke 2:12–14)
December 8: Messiah for the Magi (Matthew 2:1–2)
December 9: Bethlehem’s Supernatural Star (Matthew 2:2)
December 10: Two Kinds of Opposition to Jesus (Matthew 2:3)
December 11: Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh (Matthew 2:10–11)
December 12: Why Jesus Came (Hebrews 2:14–15)
December 13: Replacing the Shadows (Hebrews 8:1–2)
December 14: The Final Reality Is Here (Hebrews 8:1–2)
December 15: Making It Real for His People (Hebrews 8:6)
December 16: Life and Death at Christmas (John 10:10)
December 17: The Greatest Salvation Imaginable (Jeremiah 31:31)
December 18: The Christmas Model forMissions (John 17:18)
December 19: Christmas Is for Freedom (Hebrews 2:14–15)
December 21: The Birth of the Ancient of Days (John 18:37)
December 22: That You May Believe (John 20:30–31)
December 23: God’s Indescribable Gift (Romans 5:10–11)
December 24: The Son of God Appeared (1 John 3:7–8)
December 25: Three Christmas Presents (1 John 3:7–8)
Conclusion: My Favorite Christmas Text
Appendix: Old Testament Shadows and the Coming of Christ
Related Resources
- Christmas Solidarity (article)
- The Shy Virtue of Christmas (article)
- Love to the Uttermost: Devotional Readings for Holy Week (eBook)
- Advent Beauty (poem)
- Christmas as the End of History (sermon)
About John Piper
John Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the author of more than 50 books including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist. John and his wife, Noël, have five children and twelve grandchildren.
