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Showing posts with label Joseph. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Joseph. Show all posts
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...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Sermon Video - Joseph, Mary, and the birth of the Christ - Luke 2:4-7

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As the birth narrative of the Gospel of Luke unfolds, we find Joseph on his way to Bethlehem, his ancestral hometown, with his new wife Mary...
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 ...
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...
Monday, December 24, 2018

Sermon Video: The Child of Bethlehem - Luke 2:1-7

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A journey to Bethlehem by Mary and Joseph culminates in a humble birth for the Messiah in a manger, beginning a life of service and self-sac...
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...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Why "winning" as the goal ought to be anathema to Christians

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To 'win', at all cost, and by all means, whether in business, politics, or personal relationships, is an idea embedded in the human ...
Friday, December 25, 2015

Sermon Video: "give him the name Jesus" Matthew 1:21

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A short message from the Christmas Eve service. The message of the angel to Joseph, to enable him to understand how Mary's pregnancy w...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Sermon Video: Immanuel, "God with us" - Matthew 1:22-25

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"God is with us", what does this mean?  When Isaiah declared that the virgin's child would be named Immanuel, it seemed most l...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Sermon Video: Joseph and the angel - Matthew 1:18-21

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Infidelity is a brutal emotional and spiritual wrecking ball, it destroys families and ruins lives.  Joseph, a young man pledged to be marri...
Sunday, December 30, 2012

Sermon Video: Simeon and Anna, Luke 2:21-38

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As Mary and Joseph travel to Jerusalem to fulfill the requirements of the Law, (a redemption of the firstborn of silver and a sacrifice of p...
Monday, December 24, 2012

Sermon Video: The Birth of Jesus - Luke 2:1-7

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The culmination of the Divine plan for the redemption of humanity begins with an almost unnoticed birth of a child in the small town of Beth...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Sermon Video - The Angel's Message, Luke 1:26-38

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As the Christmas story continues, Gabriel goes to the small backwoods village of Nazareth to seek out a descendant of David, a carpenter nam...
Monday, March 19, 2012

SermonVideo: Joseph's Family Reunion - Genesis 45-46

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After 22 long years apart, Joseph finally has the opportunity to be reunited with his brothers and his father.  This was possible because Jo...
Monday, March 12, 2012

Sermon Video: Joseph: Revenge? - Genesis 42 thru 44

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After everything his brothers put him through, Joseph looks across the room to see those same ten men standing before him.  The table have e...
Monday, March 5, 2012

Sermon Video: Joseph: Interpreter of Dreams - Genesis 40-41

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Joseph remains a prisoner despite his innocence until an opportunity to interpret the dreams of Pharaoh's officials offers hope of relea...
Sunday, February 19, 2012

Sermon Video: Joseph in Potiphar's house - Genesis 39

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How would you react to being sold into slavery by your own brothers?  Would your faith by ruined by their betrayal?  For Joseph, his time sp...
Friday, February 17, 2012

Joseph: The all grown-up version

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The story of Joseph is one of those that kids raised in the Church learned about early on.  We were told about his coat, his dreams, his bro...