Have you ever thought about how unusual, even crazy the birth of Jesus was? If you take a step back and look at it from a distance, the conditions of this birth doesn’t make sense. After all, this is the Son of God. You’d think God would roll out the red carpet for this birth. […]
Emmanuel: God With Us – A New Year Resolution
Sermon Notes I hope you had a great year in 2014 as it is about over and 2015 is about to begin. Our text is going to be from Romans Chapter 12. Before we get to it I have a game I would like us to play. The University in Scranton published a study in […]
Emmanuel – God With Us: The Christmas Gift
Sermon Notes This is going to be a fun week! There is a lot of excitement building up to Christmas. It seems our pace of life picks up during this season. I was talking with my wife about all we had to do and was reminded that we need to pause in our quest to […]
Emmanuel: God With Us – A Birth that Demands Belief
Sermon Notes I. Worship Jesus as the pre-existent God. V. 1 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. II. Worship Jesus as the presentation of God. V.2 2 He was in the beginning with God. III. Worship Jesus as the preeminent God. V. 3 […]
Emmanuel – God with Us: Bend Like a Palm Tree
Sermon Notes We are seeing a lot of reminders that this time of the year is in fact the most wonderful time of the year. This is the time when we celebrate Emmanuel, God coming in the flesh to be with us. He came as a babe in a manger to live among us. He […]