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Codex Nativitas


When the Road Narrows: Conviction in a Cultural Season
4.1 — Sanctification Changes Celebration How the Spirit progressively reorders desires, traditions, and worldview. One of the most overlooked realities of spiritual growth is that sanctification eventually touches everything —not just belief, not just behavior, but the very rhythms, celebrations, and emotional structures of our lives. When the Holy Spirit begins to deepen His work in a believer, He does not merely refine the obviously sinful or strengthen the overtly spirit
Dr. Lisa Hill
4 days ago10 min read


Chapter 3 - Consecration in a Cultural Season: Being Set Apart in a Season of Mixture
Consecration is not God taking you out of the season. It is God taking you deeper into Christ during the season.
Dr. Lisa Hill
4 days ago17 min read


Chapter 2 - Cultural Christmas v. Kingdom Christmas: Discerning the Divide Between Tradition & Truth
2.1 — How Culture Rewrote Christmas Discerning the Divide Between Tradition and Truth The Christmas most believers know today is not the Christmas the early Church celebrated. What began as a trembling remembrance of the Incarnation—the moment God Himself stepped into human history—has been reshaped, over centuries, into something nearly unrecognizable. The slow drift from holiness to holiday did not happen overnight; it was gradual, subtle, and largely accepted because it
Dr. Lisa Hill
6 days ago11 min read


Chapter 1 - The Incarnation: The Center of Christmas
1.1 — The Eternal Christ Entering Time The Word Made Flesh: Heaven’s Invasion of Earth Before there was ever a star above Bethlehem, there was the eternal Word dwelling in unapproachable light. Long before shepherds heard angels or wise men saw signs, Christ existed in the endless communion of Father, Son, and Spirit—uncreated, uncontained, and unthinkably glorious. We forget this. In our rush to decorate, exchange, and celebrate, we shrink the story to a sentimental wint
Dr. Lisa Hill
6 days ago12 min read


Preface: Codex Nativitas - Reclaiming the Holy in a Cultural Season
Christmas did not begin as a holiday. It began as an invasion. The eternal Word stepped into time. Light pierced darkness. The invisible God became flesh, not to create a sentimental season, but to overthrow the dominion of Satan, restore humanity, and inaugurate a Kingdom that cannot be shaken. Yet somewhere along the centuries, the wonder of the Incarnation was traded for nostalgia. The mystery was traded for merchandise. The weight was traded for sentiment. What was mean
Dr. Lisa Hill
6 days ago3 min read
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