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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

sermon video: The supporting cast at Advent: The Magi - Matthew 2:1-2,9-12

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  We all know about the central characters in the story of Christmas, but what about those "cast" by God in a supporting role?  Th...
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 ...
Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Sermon Video: The Son before Bethlehem, John 1:1-3,14

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  Where was Jesus before Bethlehem?  For ordinary human beings like us that's a question that doesn't go anywhere, our lives began a...
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...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Sermon Video: Advent Witnesses Part 6 - Magi: Unexpected Guests, Matthew 2:1-12

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  The final witnesses to the Advent arrive somewhat late, but given how far they had to come, that's understandable.  Matthew tells of t...

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...
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 ...
Sunday, December 20, 2020

Sermon Video: The Right to become Children of God - John 1:12-13

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  In response to those to did not recognize or receive Jesus, John writes of the gift received by ALL who did receive him. Not only that, J...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Sermon Video: Immanuel, "God with us" - Matthew 1:22-23

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The entrance of the Christ child into God's redemptive story is an amazing true story. The Son of God, the rightful king, born in a hum...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Sermon Video: The Messiah's Nature - Philippians 2:6-8

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Our literature and pop-culture extensively utilize "Christ figures"; heroes from humble beginnings who are more than they seem to ...
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...
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Sermon Video: The Virgin and the throne of David - Luke 1:26-33

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The classics are worth another look, whether its your favorite book or movie, quality is worth repeating.  When it comes to the Nativity nar...
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 ...
Thursday, November 16, 2017

Our Christmas Gift from God

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Christmas is the time that we give gifts to others, our children in particular, more than any other time of the year.  At Christmas many of ...