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"Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace! /
 Hail the Sun of Righteousness!
 / Light and life to all He brings
 / Risen with healing in His wings" -Hark the Herald Angels Sing "But for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings" (Malachi 4:2). Malachi, the prophet whose book is the last of the Old Testament, wrote ...

Sermon: "Rejection and Reception" The preaching passage: John 1:9-13 During this Advent season and through the new year, we'll be examining the first chapter of John's Gospel. Contained in this lengthy chapter are powerful, eternal truths that reveal the glory and the grace of our salvation and, moreover, the glory and grace of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Our desire is t...

"Go tell it on the mountain / Over the hills and everywhere / Go tell it on the mountain / Jesus Christ is born" -Go Tell it on the Mountain Celebration and proclamation naturally occur at the birth of a long awaited child. Birth announcements are sent through the mail, gifts are presented to the newborn child, and social updates are made of the child's weekly and monthl...

"Joyful, all ye nations rise / Join the triumph of the skies / With the angelic host proclaim: / 'Christ is born in Bethlehem' / Hark! The herald angels sing / 'Glory to the newborn King!'" -Hark the Herald Angels Sing For one who was in reality the newborn King, Jesus' birth was anything but earth-shattering news at the time. No trumpets blared in palace gardens. No her...

"Long lay the world in sin and error pining / Till He appear'd and the soul felt its worth /
A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices
 /For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn!" -Oh Holy Night Any celebration of the Christmas season must be accompanied by reflection on the very reason Christ came to this earth: for our sin. Ever since Adam and Eve took tha...

"Veiled in flesh the Godhead see /
 Hail the incarnate Deity /
 Pleased as man with man to dwell
 / Jesus, our Emmanuel /
 Hark! The herald angels sing /
 "Glory to the newborn King!" -Hark the Herald Angels Sing "It was the best of times; it was the worst of times." With these words Charles Dickens opens his famous novel A Tale of Two Citie...

"This day is born a Savior
 / Of a pure Virgin bright,
 / To free all those who trust in Him /
 From Satan's power and might /
 O tidings of comfort and joy" -God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Our greatest enemy, the devil himself, has two strong weapons: sin and death. In a Genesis 3 world, we are deeply wounded by these weapons. They are wielded again...

"Mild He lays His glory by / Born that man no more may die / Born to raise the sons of earth / Born to give them second birth / Hark! The herald angels sing / 'Glory to the newborn King!'" -Hark the Herald Angels Sing The above lines list several reasons why Jesus came to earth, but all of them might well be summed up in one simple phrase: He was born that we might be re...

"No more let sins and sorrows grow / Nor thorns infest the ground / He comes to make His blessings flow / Far as the curse is found / Far as the curse is found / Far as, far as the curse is found" -Joy to the World This stanza from "Joy to the World" sings of the furthest reaching salvific effects of the coming of Christ. Four important words in this song carry us all th...

Sermon: "Something Important to Say" The preaching passage: John 1:6-8 During this Advent season and through the new year, we'll be examining the first chapter of John's Gospel. Contained in this lengthy chapter are powerful, eternal truths that reveal the glory and the grace of our salvation and, moreover, the glory and grace of our Savior, Jesus Christ. Our desire is...