Love Came Down at Christmas: A Daily Advent Devotional for Celebrating the Birth of Jesus

Anita Entz: A devotional like no other showing
God's sacrificial love for His people.

Canada on Sep 11, 2023

Dianne Balch: As gifts to people who either know, or are searching for Jesus. This is a book that could be read at least once a year, but usually more than that.

United States on May 17, 2023

Lori L.: Someone gave me this devotional a few years ago for Christmas. I have loved getting it out each year to read through the month of December. I gave it to my friend this year for Christmas. We are looking forward to reading through it and discussing it next year!

United States on Jan 04, 2023

Lisa Miller: This little book has a devotional for each day of the advent season, 24 in all. The author delves into the different aspects of love as gleaned from 1 Corinthians 13. It was perfect as an add on to my devotional time. Each section is long enough to help the reader think about the aspect being discussed, but not so long as to require a huge amount of time. This was my first exposure to Sinclair Ferguson, the author. I will be reading more of his work.

United States on Dec 24, 2022

EK: This book I did as an advent group Bible study. It is so challenging simple but yet deep and is rooted in theological truth! It truly makes you fall in awe of the love of incarnate Christ over the Christmas season. I cannot wait to read this book again and again this is a must read for every Christian wanting to study the love of Christ in a deep, raw, meaningful, and life-changing way!

United States on Dec 21, 2022

Simon Vibert: wonderfully heart warming reflection on 1 Cor 13
Sinclair Ferguson is soaked in Scripture and in the Puritans... the result: a deep devotional slow read verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 13.
Great for Advent and for any time of the year
highly recommended

United Kingdom on Dec 31, 2021

Glynnis Calvert: This short, easy to read but challenging advent devotional will focus your mind on the real gift of Christmas.
Forget the chocolate calendar-read this each day instead!

United Kingdom on Dec 25, 2021

Rayray: Ferguson has put together a wonderful, thought provoking, heart stirring book that could be titled as a devotional, but I wouldn't call it that. I owned the printed version of this book for about a year and a half, but switched over digital so that I could read it anywhere I go. This book is a thorough description of Love and what Christ did in order to reveal love to us. In Ferguson's book, he analysis love from Paul's letters to the Corinthians and I don't know of many authors who write an Advent book that removes me from the Christmas season (and that isn't a bad thing). Ferguson, Paul and a host of poets and prayer writers point our focus back on Christ (not trees or presents and why we celebrate Christmas) and challenges readers to re-think what love means to them and how Christ's love is a more than sufficient way to change how we love others.
Like everyone on Earth, I struggle with a lot of things Paul writes to the Corinthians. I don't display love as Christ would want me to. Ferguson's Love Came Down at Christmas not only challenges me, but causes me to ponder on my actions and what do I mean when I use the word Love.

United States on Dec 24, 2021

Rachel: I love these devotions by Sinclair Ferguson - they help focus the mind on the point of Christmas but without it being cheesy. Very solid and Biblical reflections which get you in the mood for Christmas in the best way and give it a whole deeper meaning. Highly recommend as personal devotions in the lead up to Christmas, or as holiday reading.

United Kingdom on Jul 22, 2021

Sandra: I found this a very heavy read and not particularly enjoyable or useful. The entire book is about a well-known part of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians: 1 Cor 13, 1-13 - “About love”. I found some of the chapters very thought provoking and stimulating, but most of them lacked a connection to modern life and were too abstract for me to make use of. I need to be able to relate to a devotional, so that I can take away something to help make me a better Christian in my own life. I found it very hard to lift anything from this book. The author’s interpretation of the individual verses of Paul’s letter were very hard to follow at times. Every chapter ends with a prayer and most of these are very old with archaic language that I found hard to read.

By contrast, I also read Krish Kandiah’s “A strange Christmas” this month and found this much more constructive and enjoyable, and easier to relate to. Sorry, this book by Sinclair Ferguson just did not do it for me at all.

United Kingdom on Dec 25, 2018