Most people have “snapshots” of Jesus. There’s Jesus as a baby, there’s Jesus on the cross, there’s Jesus that taught and healed… but what does the Bible say about this child that we celebrate at Christmas?
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Loving God, Loving Others, Making Disciples
Sermons on Christmas
The world in which we live is often characterized by anything except for Peace. Today, we will look at Jesus as the Prince of Peace and discover what that title means for us as His followers.
‘For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.’ Isaiah 9:6 Often we look at the word Father and we see through the filter of our own earthly fathers.…
There is an unwritten thought about Christmas gifts, and gifts in general. The gift someone gives tells us what they think about us. Goes even deeper. Not just what they think of us but also how much they know us. How they think and feel about us. Christmas is ultimately not about us giving gifts…
2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone… 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince…
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For us to find true Joy, we must submit to the Glory of God which is found in Jesus.
People massage their lineage by scrubbing some from the family tree (don’t mention great-grandfather that was the village idiot or other unsavory characters. Matthew, however, when listing the family tree of Jesus, doesn’t scrub clean or try to hide anything from the line. So, he begins with Abraham and recounts generation to generation of real…
In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust…
Has Christmas just become another holiday season with great expectations, where the true meaning is lost? So much has been lost in this time of COVID, and I don’t want to lose my usual Christmas. Mary and Joseph would understand how you and I feel. When this teenage mom and her new husband stepped into…
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 The really good news is that God’s love is not limited to a select few. It is not available only to those who were born with right color of…