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5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes. 6 And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.” 6 For to us a child is born, to…

Tonight I’m going to take a few minutes to consider several different perspectives from the characters we see in our Christmas story. Because chances are you know the story, but I want us to put ourselves in the story and to consider some of the things we don’t always think about. So we’re going to start…

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star at its rising and have come to worship him.” When King Herod heard this, he was deeply disturbed, and all Jerusalem…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

Torah Portion: Exodus 30:11-34:35 March 18, 2023 Haftarah: 1 Kings 18:1-39 Review Hebrew Bitterness Pride Shema - 1. 2. 3. Picture of Korah Bold Picture of Tannin (2) New Moon Picture of Hodesh Full Moon Picture of Moed Picture of Time between New and full moon Picture of New and full moon Picture of…

Temporary tears accomplish suprising glory.

Introduction: Christmas is a holiday that always comes under attack by the unbelieving world. We talked about how the world will attack us as Christians because we belong to our Father in Heaven. The reject God so therefore they reject us. We see also how easily the world will mock Christianity while…

Walking Through the second chapter of Matthew. We weren’t able to record the first chapter.

Joy to the World Luke 2:8–9 “Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.” Luke 2:10–14 “Then the angel said…

Jesus Our Shepherd King is worthy of our worship. Trust Jesus to guide and provide and obey along the way. Discern where Jesus is leading you. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. “And He, when He comes, will convict…

TEXT: LUKE 2:11 | BORN THIS DAY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : EXPLANATION : Last week we began to dive into the good news the angels had delivered to these lowly shepherds. We rejoice in the wonderful fact that this good news was for all the world… but on that incredible night they discovered it was good news…

Matthew 2:1-22 Jesus has a strange effect on people. This text shows us two types of people who are effected by Him differently. The Wise and The Wicked. 1. Jesus Makes the Wise Worship Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to…

This morning we continue on our journey through the gospel according to Matthew....a journey that we have entitled The King and His Kingdom . Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn with me to Matthew 2 . When you are there and if you are able to, please stand for the reading of God’s Word. Matthew…

The Arrival of the King INTRODUCTION: Good morning everyone. My name is Joshua McCay. I’m the preaching minister here at ACC. Over the next severaral weeks we’re going to be going through a series called Kingdom. And we’re going to dive into the book of Matthew and really flesh out the idea that we are…

Introduction We have Advent to discuss the the amazing events leading up to and surrounding the birth of Jesus. But what happened after the birth of Christ? Jesus as child Jesus in Egypt Matthew 2:13-15 “Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said,…

Intro Have you ever been exiled? Maybe you were exiled from a classroom for misbehaving? (I have) Maybe you were at odds with your spouse and you were exiled to the couch? Perhaps you were exiled by people at work, they excluded you from a group of colleagues? Perhaps you were exiled from society and…

12345 Intro: Good morning everyone! I am so happy to be back up here preaching the word of God. It has been a long stretch since I have preached, and I am always so blessed by the oportunity. It has been really cool for me personally to have such diversity in our peaching. Getting to have Joey, Matt,…

What does Matthew 2 have to do with Sanctity of Human Life Sunday? Sort of two things going on this morning, we are, along with 90 or so other churches in the Puget Sound working with CareNet to recognize Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, raising awareness of how we as the church can love and support families…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

Calling You to Freedom God protects and implements His eternal plan for our salvation through the incarnation of his Son. He protects Jesus and his parents from the machinations of ruthless rulers, and He overseas history itself to ensure our redemption. Today our Lord also invites us soberly to identify…

God protects and implements His eternal plan for our salvation through the incarnation of his Son. He protects Jesus and his parents from the machinations of ruthless rulers, and He overseas history itself to ensure our redemption. Today our Lord also invites us soberly to identify inside ourselves that…

Entertaining Angels has been our theme this season, following along with Christ’s Birthday Observance from the Christian Women’s Connection annual reminder to make Jesus the Subject of our Christmas celebrations. Mary Lopez began the season for us on the first Sunday of Advent with a reminder that we…

As we saw in our video tonight, Christmas has become just another time of the year. It has become steeped in tradition and Commercialization. It is not about all that garbage. It is about an event that changed world history and still changes our world and lives today. It is about Immanuel. God With Us.…

The Background of the Magi The magi were powerful Gentile ATROLOGERS. They served foreign KINGS (probably PERSIAN) They served a foreign GODS (probably ZOROASTRIAN) Their goal was to PREDICT and INFLUENCE the future. When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the…

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