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Joseph’s story Matthew tells the story largely from the point of view of Joseph. This is not only between Mary & God, but the story ripples wider and wider until it reaches the ends of the earth, until it reaches even us Joseph plays a critical role in that story. Without his acceptance and love, then…

Good morning and Merry Christmas! Today is for the Christian church one of our highest Holy Days. Today we gather together in order to celebrate a baby. I can remember early on in my Christian walk thinking that when we gather together and celebrate someones birthday. Which is what we are doing. We have…

Holy Week is a visual sermon answering the question of Matthew 21:10, "who is this?"

Pastor Daryl encourages us today to live out the identity of Christ to all those around us. Attitude is everything so it should be the same as Christ. Take a listen.

Introduction Shakespeare’s several plays involving King Henry V begin with young Prince Henry as a vain, dissolute young man who spends his time drinking and carousing with old John Falstaff. But when Henry’s father, the king, dies, Henry changes. Prince Henry realizes his unworthiness and that the crown…

God's offer of redemption/forgiveness/eternal life is firmly connected to our relationship with Jesus Christ.

Introduction · Grace to you and peace through God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! I bring greetings from Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland. Several of our staff are here today, some of whom are graduates of Gateway Seminary. So your work here is blessing many churches, including ours. I also…

We take the final steps on our journey to the heart of Christ this lent as we enter the city of Jerusalem with Jesus. Jesus shows us that it is through humility and letting go of the self's desires that we find glory in God's abiding love.

The Redeemer's self-gift brings us life through generous love. How do we respond?

WELCOME Rob Bulletin Love Offering Sunday Service *MUSIC L: Welcome to this most magical night when angels and shepherds mingle and the birth of a baby changes the world. P: We come to celebrate with joy and wonder. Celebrate the light that shines all around us. P: We will sing and praise our most wondrous…

How should we understand love?

Joy through humility is possible when we desire and defer to God's glory.

Background texts | even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” | And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. | For God has done what the law, weakened…

Opening Would you please open your Bibles to . Read This is a beautiful text. It contains hugely important principles for the church in our behavior with each other. And also contains one of the clearest passages on the two natures of Jesus. He is fully man. And He is fully God. I had a hard time trying…

The Body of Christ should have the mind of Christ.

The Gift I was 7 years old. My dad gave me a special present that his grandfather had given to him. He gave me a necklace. On the necklace was a tooth from a lion. I was 7 years old and I’d proudly wear this silver chain with a large, sharp white tooth on the end. I thought it was cool. And it was cool.…

Call to worship: 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every name,…

The descent and ascension of Jesus Christ; implication of the ascension.

FIRST POINT: But She was Troubled at His Saying PRESENTATION Permission You who deigned to clothe your immortality in mortal flesh, born from the flesh of the humble virgin. When the angel came to announce to the Blessed Virgin Mother that she was to become the very Mother of God, it was, without doubt,…

This text is one of the great hymns of the church which shows how Jesus humbled himself to come and die for our sins as well as His exaltation.

Continuing in our acronym, WORSHIP, this week we focus on the type of spiritual disciplines that actively let go of old habits, old ways, of the old and dead person we used to be before Jesus. Pastor Nick zooms into these faith practices by focusing specifically on the spiritual discipline of submission. Embodied by Christ, expressed in the Godhead, and meant as a mindset that lets go of our need for things to go our way, submission has much more to it than first meets the eye. Join us today!

What does a “successful Christian” look like? What if the picture of success and advancement that we learn from society runs counter to God’s plan for his people? In Matthew 20:26-27 Jesus told his disciples that the pathway to greatness is humble service. And so while we’ve observed that the only means toward real and lasting unity in the church is having the mind of Christ, here we find that the mind of Christ will result in embracing the humility that characterized our Lord’s earthly life.

The digital worship gathering of Church of the Desert in Scottsdale, Arizona.