Craig T. Owens

During the Advent seasons of 2014-2019, I shared a series of messages called The Carols Of Christmas. I was concerned at how many “old familiar carols” we hear so often Christmas after Christmas until the words have almost lost their meaning. If we’re not careful, any song repeated too often can lose the richness of its original intent. And so we went on a journey to (re)discover the beautiful Advent messages in these old familiar carols.

To make it a little more convenient, I wanted to group all of the messages here for you. In the list below you will find both the title I gave to my message and the title of the Christmas carol in italics.

• Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
• O Come All Ye Faithful
• Is Jesus Immanuel? (O Come Emmanuel)
• 6 Facts About Angels (Angels From The Realms Of Glory)
• The Non-Christmas Christmas Carol (Joy To The World)
• O Holy Night & O Holy Day (O Holy Night)
• Little Is Not Insignificant (O Little Town Of Bethlehem)
• The First Noël
• What Child Is This Anyway?! (What Child Is This?)
• I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
• The Advent “Nicknames” Of Jesus (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel)
• Silent Night? Holy Night! (Silent Night! Holy Night!)
• 3 Manger Lessons (Away In A Manger)
• Joining The Angel Choir (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing stanza 1)
• The Everlasting Hope In Our Everlasting Lord (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing stanza 2)
• The Powerful Name Of Jesus (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing stanza 3)
• Living Between The Advents (Hark! The Herald Angels Sing stanza 4)
• Humbug?! (I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day)
• Why Should Christians Sing? (It Came Upon A Midnight Clear)
• Is There Room In Your Heart For Jesus? (Thou Didst Leave Thy Royal Throne)
• What Does “Gloria In Excelsis Deo” Mean Today? (Angels We Have Heard On High)