Sermons
Becoming Citizens of God’s Kingdom
Here is the glorious news: Because God has rescued us from darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his Son, we are people through whom power is perfected in weakness, wisdom in the foolishness of the cross, glory in humility. We are free to serve the people around us. We are free to serve the people in our country. We are free to serve without being swept up in efforts to wield power.
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The Un-Christmas Story?
This vignette at the beginning of Jesus’ life illuminates the horrific nature of evil more clearly than any other part of the Gospel, except the Crucifixion. Is this even a Christmas story? The whole course of history declares humanity’s need for a Savior. Yet, God’s plan for salvation has not been, and cannot be, thwarted.
View SermonThe Light Shines in the Darkness
Christ comes in a birth that remains, like all life, a holy mystery. His is a holy mystery around which we can wrap our arms. He came in a tiny body that we can swaddle and rock. He came with needs for warmth, for milk, for nurture that even we can lay hold of. The Lord, love himself, came to us, giving us himself so that we could comprehend him. He came to us, giving us himself so we could receive him.
View SermonGod’s visit among the ordinary
God has been doing something new in each of us for quite some time — our whole lives, in fact. God is giving us a new beginning. God has made us his children. God is with us and will never abandon us. He rejoices over us. Have you not heard? Have you not seen? The angels, even tonight, are singing over us, rejoicing that the Savior has come.
View SermonChristmas Out-of-Doors
Christmas comes first to those who are living out-of-doors. The shepherds who lived outside are the first ones invited inside, into the new household of God inaugurated by the birth of the Savior, the Messiah, the Lord.
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