Archive | December 2009
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Lost and Found
Sunday we’ll be looking at Luke 2:41-52. This is the one and only account we have of Jesus as an adolescent child. Many scholars dispute its legitimacy in the text…but frankly, if someone were going to make up a story about Jesus’ childhood and insert it, I would suspect they would make it more exciting [...]
A New Hope
Hope everyone is having a great Christmas so far! I know we are…it’s awesome having the kids come home to visit. We’ll be looking at Luke 2:21-40 this Sunday. Joseph and Mary follow through with what the Law of Moses required of them concerning a first-born son. How important do you think it was for [...]
God’s Presence; The Christ is Born
Have you ever had a frustrating Christmas? Sometimes we struggle with feelings of disappointment when the holiday doesn’t provide for us what we thought, or hoped, it might. There’s something about the birth of Christ that really can remind us about what it means that God is with us. The presence of God in the [...]
Benedictus; John Baptizer is Born
As we’ve been going through the gospel of Luke, we’ve found that God seems to go out of His way to turn expectations upside-down. Our passage this Sunday is no exception, as we finish up chapter 1, verses 57-80. The fantastic promise made by a cosmic sentinel has come true, Beth has given birth to a son. [...]
Magnificat: Song of the Revolution
This Sunday we’ll continue reading Luke’s gospel, and we’ll cover v39-56 of chapter 1. What gets you really excited…so much so that you do odd things like jump up and down or scream or break into song? For a lot of us, (especially men who are normally very subdued) sporting events have that effect on [...]
