This Advent devotional reveals the Holy Spirit’s role in Christmas
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Dr Joshua Bloor2025-12-09T09:48:00
For her new 25 day Advent devotional, award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti turns her attention to the role of the Holy Spirit in the Christmas story, says our reviewer
While the nativity story is often told through the familiar images of stars, shepherds, and angelic choirs, we rarely stop to notice the quiet, powerful presence of the Holy Spirit woven throughout it all.
In The Spirit of Christmas: Discovering His Presence Throughout the Advent Season (Baker Book House), award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti invites readers to do just that.
From the opening pages, Ruchti reminds us that Christmas is as much a Holy Spirit story as it is about a baby in a manger. Long before Bethlehem, the Spirit was at work – hovering over creation, speaking through the prophets, and preparing the way for Christ’s coming. And that same Spirit, she writes, is still at work in our…
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