The Christmas (Back) Story I. In the BEGINNING…AGAIN. (v. 1-5; Gen 1:1)A. A WORD is worth a 1000 PICTURESB. CREATOR of EVERYTHING. (v.2-3)C. The SOURCE of LIFE. (v.4)D. The POWER of LIGHT. (v.5) John’s gospel doesn’t contain a birth...
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Fourth Sunday of Advent 2018
Advent 2018: The King is Coming – Part 4 What Love Looks Like Matthew 1:18-25 December 23, 2018 I. Love is RARELY what you EXPECT. (v.18-19)A. She’s EXPECTING…that’s UNEXPECTED. (v.18)B. A DIFFICULT moral DILEMMA. (v.19; Deut. 22:23-24)C. LOVE...
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The King is Coming ~ Part 3 An Unlikely Text About Joy Isaiah 51: 11; Matthew 1: 1-17 December 16, 2018 SERMON AUDIO IS UNAVAILABLE THIS WEEEK DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. I. Isaiah’s VISION of the FUTURE. (Is. 51:11)A. The REALITY of the...
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The King is Coming ~ Part 2 Unto us…Shalom Isaiah 9:1-7 December 9, 2018 I. Something BIG is HAPPENING. (v.1-5)A. LIGHT for a DARK world. (v.2)B. The COMING of JOY. (v.3)C. A DIFFERENT kind of SHATTERING. (Judges 7; 8:9-10; 9:4,5) Last week we...
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The King is Coming ~ Part 1 What kind of name is that? Isaiah 8:1-18 December 2, 2018 I. ISAIAH and SONS.A. The MEANING of the NAMES. (7:3; 8:1-3)B. The CONTEXT of the NAMING. (8:6) As we come into Advent this year we are looking at the book of...
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Who Do You Say I Am? The Beginning of the Good News… Mark 1:1-9 December 25th, 2016 “The Beginning of the Good News…” This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And weought to lay down our lives for...
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