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Showing posts with label Advent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advent. Show all posts
Thursday, January 2, 2025

Sermon Video: The Light that was seen from afar, Matthew 2:1-2,9b-11

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  The Light seen by the Magi of the East is powerfully symbolic in Matthew's Gospel.  This astronomical phenomenon brought them on a lon...
Monday, December 23, 2024

Sermon Video: The Mother of the Messiah, Luke 1:26-38

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After having appeared to the priest Zechariah in the Temple in Jerusalem to foretell the coming of the great prophet John, God's plan sh...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Sermon Video: Joseph adopts the Messiah, Matthew 1:18-25

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  Joseph of Nazareth was a fairly ordinary man up until the moment he found out that he fiancé Mary was pregnant.  Instead of letting pride ...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Sermon Video: The Ancestors of the Messiah - Matthew 1:1-17

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When you are someone as important to history as Jesus of Nazareth, the long-awaited Messiah, curiosity about your ancestry is only natural. ...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Christmas Eve joint worship service: Sermons from Pastor Eric Phillips and Pastor Randy Powell - Luke 2:8-14

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In our second combined service with Redeemer Anglican Church, Pastor Eric Phillips and Pastor Randy Powell share the honor of bringing the C...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

Sermon Video: Joseph graciously accepts the Christmas gift he didn't ask for - Matthew 1:18-24

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Have you ever received a Christmas gift that you absolutely hated?  One that you can't wait to return, one that you struggle to pretend ...

Sermon Video: God's unexpected Christmas gifts - Luke 1:34-38

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Perhaps you've received an amazingly unexpected and wonderful Christmas gift at some point, whatever it was, it can't begin to compa...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Sermon Video: The Justice of God's Chosen One - Isaiah 42:1-4

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In addition to his expected role as Messiah of king, Jesus added that of prophet and priest, but even more remarkably, that of servant as we...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Sermon Video: Bring the Good News - Isaiah 40:9-11

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Having brought good news to the exiles of Judah in Babylon, the prophet Isaiah now calls upon them to share that news, shouting it from the ...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Sermon Video: Advent Witnesses Part 5 - Shepherds: The 1st Evangelists, Luke 2:8-18

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  As we continue to consider the Advent of Jesus Christ from the perspective of the witnesses, we now come to the day of his birth and a num...
Monday, December 20, 2021

Sermon Video: Advent Witnesses part 4 - Prophets and Angels: Curious Messengers, 1 Peter 1:10-12

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When considering the 1st Christmas, let us not forget those who had longed to see that days for hundreds, even thousands of years. The prop...
Sunday, December 12, 2021

Sermon Video: Advent Witnesses part 3 - Elizabeth: A Secondary Blessing - Luke 1:39-44

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Continuing to examine the first Advent through the eyes of its eyewitnesses, we turn to Elizabeth, the long-suffering wife of the priest Zec...
Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Sermon Video: Advent Witnesses part 2 - Joseph: A Kind Husband, Matthew 1:18-19

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As Matthew relates the event of the first Christmas, the focus is upon Joseph, the adopted father of Jesus.  We learn that Joseph is like hi...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Sermon Video: Advent Witnesses part 1: Mary, willing servant - Luke 1:38

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  As we look at the Advent story this year from the perspective of the eyewitnesses, we begin with Mary. If is difficult to put ourselves i...
Friday, December 25, 2020

Sermon Video: The Word Became Flesh - John 1:14

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  Amidst the wonder of Christmas, the angels and shepherds, the wise men and the star, is a deeper amazing truth. That moment in Bethlehem ...
Monday, December 24, 2018

Sermon Video: Joy to the World - Luke 2:8-18

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Following the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, angels appear to shepherds in the night, amazing them and sharing the news that a Savior, the Mes...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Sermon Video: "How will this be?" The Miracle of Christmas - Luke 1:34-38

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In a key passage of Scripture, the angel Gabriel responds to Mary's question, "How will this be?" with an explanation of how t...
Monday, December 25, 2017

Sermon Video: From Darkness to Light - Isaiah 9:2

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In a world mired in moral and spiritual darkness, with humanity hopeless to solve the fundamental problem of our own fallen nature, it was u...

Sermon Video: The Zeal that brought Emmanuel to Earth - Isaiah 9:7b

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The most important events in human history invariably later involve those asking two questions: How did it happen?  Why did it happen?  For ...
Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Sermon Video: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace - Isaiah 9:6b

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What's in a name?  The Messiah promised by the prophet Isaiah is given many names in Scripture: Jesus, Emmanuel, Son of Man, Son of God,...