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Tracing Glory: The Christmas Story Through the Bible
This Advent season, help your family to understand the birth of Christ as the climactic event of a much larger story ― a story about God's mission to redeem sinful people for his glory.
Tracing Glory: The Christmas Story Through the Bible is a twenty-four day Advent devotional. It begins by looking back at the creation of the world in the book of Genesis and ends by looking forward to the new creation in the book of Revelation, tracing the glory of Jesus Christ from start to finish.
In each day's reading, there is a key Scripture to look up, a devotional commentary to read, and a helpful summary highlighting the key point and showing how that particular Bible passage points to Jesus. This is a book to treasure that young children will grow into through the years as well as a flexible resource that can be used with children of all ages.
Tracing Glory: The Christmas Story Through the Bible is a twenty-four day Advent devotional. It begins by looking back at the creation of the world in the book of Genesis and ends by looking forward to the new creation in the book of Revelation, tracing the glory of Jesus Christ from start to finish.
In each day's reading, there is a key Scripture to look up, a devotional commentary to read, and a helpful summary highlighting the key point and showing how that particular Bible passage points to Jesus. This is a book to treasure that young children will grow into through the years as well as a flexible resource that can be used with children of all ages.
64 pages, Hardcover
Published September 1, 2021
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Sarah Rice
2 books5 followersSarah Rice is a pastor’s wife and mother of four living in North Alabama. She holds a Masters of Arts in Biblical Counseling from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and writes regularly at gospelshapedwomanhood.com. She counsels, teaches, and disciples women.
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December 25, 2022
Such a good devotional leading up to Christmas. We enjoyed this as a family each morning and found the readings to be manageable and the questions and thoughts to be thought-provoking for our kiddos.
December 27, 2025
Eleventy billion stars.
Cannot recommend this more highly (for kids AND adults). We did this daily with our three year old as well as the accompanying activity book (making an ornament/craft every day to go along with the day’s story) and it was her and our favorite part of Advent this year.
It was the biggest gift to watch the stories of scripture connect in her mind and see her anticipation of the Rescuer grow daily. Each time a baby was born she would ask if it was Jesus and time after time it was met with a “no,” but then, when it was finally Jesus, her excitement (and my tears) could not be contained. She references stories from this often and is making application. Ah, may the Holy Spirit ignite this kindling and give her a new heart!
I could keep talking about this. Such an incredible book and activity set. We’ll be doing this every year.
Cannot recommend this more highly (for kids AND adults). We did this daily with our three year old as well as the accompanying activity book (making an ornament/craft every day to go along with the day’s story) and it was her and our favorite part of Advent this year.
It was the biggest gift to watch the stories of scripture connect in her mind and see her anticipation of the Rescuer grow daily. Each time a baby was born she would ask if it was Jesus and time after time it was met with a “no,” but then, when it was finally Jesus, her excitement (and my tears) could not be contained. She references stories from this often and is making application. Ah, may the Holy Spirit ignite this kindling and give her a new heart!
I could keep talking about this. Such an incredible book and activity set. We’ll be doing this every year.
December 27, 2021
We enjoyed journeying through this book as a family this advent, seeing the bigger story of the Bible and seeing more of the glory of Christ. Each day has a Key Scripture, a short reflection, and summarised main point, a "Christ connection" and three discussion questions. It's well-written, and the discussion questions are a good mix of comprehension, reflection and response. The "Christ connection" section is helpful, especially for parents less familiar with Bible overviews.
The book is probably best for families with children in the 6-12 age bracket. Younger children might struggle with some of the themes, although it could be adapted.
The book is probably best for families with children in the 6-12 age bracket. Younger children might struggle with some of the themes, although it could be adapted.
January 1, 2023
A great way to reflect on advent as a family. Based on Scripture and following the theme of glory throughout the Bible, throughout the month of December. Will likely read it every year with the kids. (A little simple for the 14 year old but made it easy to follow and not too childish.)
December 27, 2022
Great advent resource for older kids. For reference my children are ages 7-11.
December 27, 2025
this is an advent devotional designed for families. I got it from our church but read it independently this year. my kids are currently 1, 3, and 4, and all too young for it. i will read it again in a few years to see if my family is ready for it.
from December 1 - 25, each day has a page and a half, mostly of bible history. then each day includes a summary and discussion questions. Christmas day has a prayer included which would be nice each day but you can do that on your own. then in the back there is a "dictionary of big bible words" which is a nice resource.
from December 1 - 25, each day has a page and a half, mostly of bible history. then each day includes a summary and discussion questions. Christmas day has a prayer included which would be nice each day but you can do that on your own. then in the back there is a "dictionary of big bible words" which is a nice resource.
March 10, 2022
Not just a story for Christmas, but a story about Christ. As Sarah brings you through the Bible she also points out a Christ connection each day that directs our hearts to Him. Jesus is the perfect picture God's glory!
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January 4, 2025Very dry for younger kids, sadly.
December 25, 2022
I think this is a 3.5. My 4-year-old followed it well. I like the idea of tracing through the Bible. But I feel like it slumped a bit in the middle for some reason…
I’m not sure how I feel about it as a children’s/family devotional. There were a lot of repetitive terms, but obviously that’s good for children. I think I need to read it again to decide if it’s 4 stars.
I’m not sure how I feel about it as a children’s/family devotional. There were a lot of repetitive terms, but obviously that’s good for children. I think I need to read it again to decide if it’s 4 stars.
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