Tag Archives: Christmas

ADVANCE TEAM. Mark 1:10-11.

An ADVANCE TEAM is a group of staff sent ahead of a politician’s appearance to prepare the location. Advance Teams “specialize in the art of stagecraft that governs every public appearance, photo op, and televised moment in politics—often referred to as the ‘optics’ … They ensure that politicians … never arrive anywhere that isn’t perfectlyContinue reading “ADVANCE TEAM. Mark 1:10-11.”

HOW SHOULD A KING COME? Zechariah 9:9.

One of my all-time favorite stories of the Incarnation–of Christmas–is the song “How Should a King Come?” by Jimmy and Carol Owens. Read it as a poem. It clearly lays out the contrast between how most kings would want to enter a city, and how the KING OF KINGS entered. He could not have made aContinue reading “HOW SHOULD A KING COME? Zechariah 9:9.”