Reflections on the wonder of Christmas by Christianity's most beloved writers
A Light Has Dawned recovers the best Advent and Christmas articles from half a century of Christianity Today.
Guiding the reader through Advent, Christmas, and the climax of Epiphany and including contributions by Billy Graham, Tim Keller, Elisabeth Elliot, Ruth Bell Graham, Eugene Peterson, and more. A Light Has Dawned will inspire readers with the wonder of Advent and Christmas.

- 280 pages
- English
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Print ISBN
9781683594222
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Theology & ReligionTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction (Carolyn Arends)
- November 27: Advent (Alice Slaikeu Lawhead)
- November 28: Drive-through Christmas (Stanley Grenz)
- November 29: The Poverty of Christmas (Katelyn Beaty)
- November 30: Bethlehem on a Budget (Tim Stafford)
- December 1: Away from the Manger (Mary Ellen Ashcroft)
- December 2: Saved through Child-Bearing (Wendy Alsup)
- December 3: Christmas in Afghanistan (Leigh C. Bishop)
- December 4: Gift Wrapping God (Mary Ellen Ashcroft)
- December 5: Christmas Shame (Eugene H. Peterson)
- December 6: Christmas on Tiptoe (Donald J. Shelby)
- December 7: A Cosmic Culmination (Charles Colson with Catherine Larson)
- December 8: Misreading the Magnificat (David Neff)
- December 9: Let the Pagans Have the Holiday (Rodney Clapp)
- December 10: God’s Gift on God’s Tree (Ruth Bell Graham)
- December 11: Christmas Unplugged (Bill Mckibben)
- December 12: The Prince of Peace (Addison H. Leitch)
- December 13: Peace: At Times a Sword and Fire (Billy Graham)
- December 14: Hallelujah! (Philip Yancey)
- December 15: The Invasion of God (Charles Colson with Anne Morse)
- December 16: Saved by the Bell (Verne Becker)
- December 17: His Kingdom Is Forever (D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
- December 18: Painting Christmas (Walter Wangerin, Jr.)
- December 19: Stars on a Silent Night (Charlotte F. Otten)
- December 20: When God Came down (Walter A. Elwell)
- December 21: On the Festival of Christ’s Nativity (Thomas Howard)
- December 22: My Dad’s Death Brought Christmas “Home” (Thomas C. Oden)
- December 23: Yabba-Ka-Doodles! (Mike Mason)
- December 24: The Advent of Humility (Tim Keller)
- December 25: The Wondrous Gift (Elisabeth Elliot)
- December 26: The Most Beautiful Story Ever Told (Frank E. Gaebelein)
- December 27: Our Divine Distortion (Carolyn Arends)
- December 28: Mary Rejoicing, Rachel Weeping (Wendy Murray Zoba)
- December 29: Simeon and the Child Jesus (Harold John Ockenga)
- December 30: The Men Who Missed Christmas (James Montgomery Boice)
- December 31: Ongoing Incarnation (Philip Yancey)
- January 1: Christmas Implications (L. Nelson Bell)
- January 2: Why I Celebrate Christmas (Helmut Thielicke)
- January 3: The Blessed Evangelical Mary (Timothy George)
- January 4: An After-Christmas Gift (Lee Knapp)
- January 5: Not Yet Home for Christmas (Jen Pollock Michel)
- January 6: The Magi’s Worship (Kent R. Hughes)
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