This Sunday we begin an Advent series. Advent is a time to look back to the coming of Christ in the Incarnation, and to look forward to when he will come again. We will spend this month looking at passages that foreshadowed the coming of Christ. This week we come to Noah and the Ark. Someone says: "for Christmas? That's a bit... dark." The traditional topic of the first week of Advent is judgment, which is jarring for modern ears. But Christ came to heal all that is broken - which requires identifying the problem. So what does Noah have to do with Christmas? Let's talk about "the Ark" (Gen.6-7).
