Awaiting the Already: An Advent Journey Through the Gospels - Softcover

The Christmas story we know so well is really a compilation of accounts found in each of the Gospels. Although the four books present the event somewhat differently, each of them leads us on the Advent journey of preparation for Christ’s coming. Awaiting the Already takes us on a tour through the Gospel narratives, showing us what parts of the Christmas story come from which Gospel, and helps us to recognize that each Gospel writer invites us to encounter a fresh experience of the birth of Christ. This thematic Bible study is designed to be used by individuals and small groups during Advent. Each chapter offers questions for reflection and discussion, a brief prayer, and a focus for the week.

Magrey deVega is the Senior Pastor at Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa, Florida. He is the author of Awaiting the Already: An Advent Journey through the Gospels. He is also the Leadership Editor for Covenant Bible Study, overseeing the weekly small group classroom experience. He is a contributor to the The Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2016; Feasting on the Gospels: John; and the forthcoming Ultimate Lectionary Sermon Series Guide. He has written leader's guides and program manuals for numerous small group materials including Counterfeit Christianity: The Persistence of Errors in the Church; Earn. Save. Give: Wesley's Simple Rules for Money; and Five Marks of a Methodist: The Fruit of a Living Faith. He is a graduate of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and he is the father of two daughters, Grace and Madelyn.