Songs for a Saviour's Birth Quotes

“Zechariah paints a wonderful picture in this song, that of a visitation from on high. In verse 78, he describes it as being like a wonderful sunrise, bringing light into darkness, banishing the fearful shadows of death and bringing instead lasting peace. The depiction is of God turning his face and the light of his countenance upon this world in mercy. This is in the very nature of the God of the Bible.”
― William J.U. Philip, Songs for a Saviour's Birth: Journey Through Advent With Elizabeth, Mary, Zechariah, The Angels, Simeon And Anna

“It is something similar that always marks out people of real biblical faith. Their horizons are filled with much, much more than their personal circumstances, much more than just ‘how God can fit into my life and bless me’. It is the other way round entirely in fact, for people of faith are taken up with the future that God is unfolding for the whole world, with what it means to be righteous before God, ‘walking blamelessly’ before him, as Luke tells us that these people were (1:6).”
― William J.U. Philip, Songs for a Saviour's Birth: Journey Through Advent With Elizabeth, Mary, Zechariah, The Angels, Simeon And Anna