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Malachi 3 “A Glimmer of Hope” Are you ready for a savior yet? If you are not after the first three messages in this book, you should be. Last week we looked at the weariness of God. That He is …
Malachi 2 “The Weariness of God” Last week in our first message on the book of Malachi was saw how the people of God had grown weary in waiting for his promise of a savior. We saw how God’s rebuke …
Malachi 1:1-15 “The Weariness of Waiting” As you know by now, this is the advent season. This is the time of year when we are reminded of two things, the expectation of Israel for the Messiah, and our expectation as …
I didn’t have electronic notes for this sermon. Went old school. You will have to listen to get the message.
This week we did a lot more singing and prayer, and I shared a short meditation out of Romans. No notes this time.
Ok, here is what I am dealing with. I gave myself 20 minutes for this sermon. This might be a miracle on par with the virgin birth. So here it goes. We are going to be looking at John …
Notes are pretty sparse today, you will have to listen to get most of it. Read Luke 1:57-80 57 Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. 58 And her neighbors and relatives …
Open your Bibles please to Luke 1. We are going to read verses 26-56 today. This is the foretelling of Jesus’ birth to Mary, and her interaction with her cousin Elizabeth, who we discussed last Sunday. Let’s read the …
Preparing the way. Are you ready for Christmas? What does it mean to be ready for Christmas? What do you do to prepare yourself for the Christmas season? Do you decorate, or risk your life to put up lights, or …
Christmas 2013(Mp3 file for download) In preparing for today’s service it came to my realization that I would only have about 10 minutes to preach. Let’s see how this goes. Open your Bibles and read with me the text John 1:1-18 Jesus meets you where you are It seems like more and more, we are made aware of people who will be l this Christmas in mourning. Christmas is a time to celebrate and rejoice, and have fun. It is not meant to be a time of mourning. And yet, for so many in our world, the expectation of happiness …