Christmas Advent: Week Four 19 Dec 2022 The final week of Advent looks at the theme of Love. Ultimately the entirety of the Incarnation emphasizes this theme. Love is often described in Scripture as the motive behind Jesus'…
Christmas Advent: Week Three 11 Dec 2022 The third theme of Advent is Joy. Christmas is certainly a time in which we think about, sing about, and express joy. The joy which the Scriptures call for, however,…
Christmas Advent: Week Two 3 Dec 20223 Dec 2022 The second theme of advent is that of Peace. Here, churches will often focus on the message spoken to the shepherds by the assembly of Angels who appear to them…
Christmas… Advent: Week One 26 Nov 202226 Nov 2022 Hope is the theme of the first Sunday in advent, which begins November 27th. On this Sunday the church often reflects on the Prophets and their message of anticipation and…
Christmas… A Reformation Christmas 19 Dec 201819 Dec 2018 There has never been a uniform opinion among Christians on the celebration of Christmas. As the Protestant church begins to emerge out of the Reformation era, there were some who…
Christmas Joy to the World: Christmas Worship (Part 3) 21 Dec 2017 The New Creation and the virgin birth are tied together. We don’t often think of the return of Christ at Christmas – that’s largely because we often think of doctrines…
Christmas Joy to the World: Christmas Worship (Part 2) 13 Dec 201713 Dec 2017 Christmas invites us to worship God for our redemption. Now, you might say that’s something that Christians sing about all the time, and we even have a whole holiday dedicated…
Christmas Joy to the World: The Worship of Christmas (Part 1) 6 Dec 201712 Dec 2017 "Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,and they shall call his name Immanuel" (Matt. 1:23). It is interesting to think about the value of Christmas gifts that I received…
Christmas… Reflections on Christmas 2016 28 Dec 201629 Dec 2016 How can I possibly communicate just how special this Christmas was. With the birth of our third child just days before Christmas it was a unique, special, and different holiday…
Christmas Christmas Kitsch and the True Christmas Miracle (Part 2) 21 Dec 2016 The Christmas season can be so hard for some of us. Loneliness, sorrow, ghosts of Christmas past and fears of Christmas yet to come haunt us. Our culture sells us…
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