Sermons

LUKE 2:1-14 I think you will agree with me that there’s just something about Christmas that is uplifting.  Despite the fact that we have spent the last several weeks getting ready, decorating, shopping, wrapping gifts, and perhaps even attending holiday parties, and despite being somewhat frazzled, there is an element of joy in our hearts…

Romans 8:22-30 In just a few days, it will be Christmas, and our homes will be strewed with torn pieces of wrapping paper and bows.  Yet, it is a celebration of the greatest gift anyone has ever received that really counts.  That is, the Christ Child who ultimately brought eternal life and hope to all…

Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 Today is already the third Sunday of Advent, and the Christmas season is in full swing.  Perhaps you are like me in looking forward to watching the many Christmas movies that exist.  Many of them are classics that are watched year after year, and add to our enjoyment of the holiday.  When I…

SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT – JOHN 1: 9-18 It may be hard to believe but this morning is the second Sunday in Advent already.  We have hardly finished eating the last of the leftovers from Thanksgiving, yet, the Christmas holiday season is upon us.  The hustle and bustle of rushing around baking cookies, putting up…

Advent is about the “coming days.” God’s people have always lived in great expectation, but that expectation finds specific, repeated enunciation in the texts appointed for these four weeks. The ancients anticipated a “righteous Branch to spring up for David.” The Thessalonians awaited “the coming of our Lord Jesus with all the saints.” Jesus’ contemporaries…

SUNDAY                 JOHN 18:33-37 Today is Christ the King Sunday which signals the end of what we call ordinary time and signals that Advent is about to begin.  It is a day when we celebrate Jesus as King, as our Messiah, and our Lord.  A Holy Day of Celebration that was instituted in 1925 by Pope…