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The Christmas Shout
“In the past, Christ was in the genealogies, stepping Bethlehemward. Every time a new descendant in the covenant-line was born, the voice of prophecy shouted: ‘Christ is coming!’ As ancestor was added to ancestor, the voice waxed louder and louder. … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, evangelism, genealogy, incarnation, Outreach, prophecy, The Nativity Story
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The Hope of the Wise Men
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The Bible teaches about a unique kind of hope that is never a wish. It is always based upon an absolute certainty. You can hope for these things with the utter confidence that they will happen. Its the kind of hope that the Wise Men of the Nativity Story had. The hope of the Wise Men was based upon what God had promised. And, since god always fulfills His promises, we can look forward to it with absolute hope. Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Podcast, Sermons, Sunday Morning Service
Tagged Christmas, hope, Jesus, second-coming, star-of-bethlehem, The Nativity Story, wise-men
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The Shepherd Incident
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In this third message of the series I zero in on “The Shepherd Incident”. Why would God choose to announce such a significant birth to seemingly insignificant shepherds outside of town? Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, grace, shepherds, The Nativity Story
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Mary’s Faith
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In this second message of the series, “The Nativity Story”, I look at the incredible faith of Mary. A faith that has much to teach us about the fact that faith isn’t age-dependent, positions us to be part of th greatest event in all human history, and means “do what God says” regardless of the cost. Continue reading
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Tagged choices, Christmas, faith, incarnation, Jesus, mary, nativity, serve, The Nativity Story
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