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Advent Devotional - December 13, 2014

"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...

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Preparing for Worship on Sunday, December 14, 2014

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...

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Advent Devotional - December 12, 2014

"O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free / Thine own from Satan's tyranny / From depths of Hell Thy people save / And give them victory o'er the grave" -O Come, O Come Emmanuel The church in Corinth had their doubts about life after death. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul systematically addressed their concerns by first recounting Christ's resurrection. He reminds them what the Scriptu...

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Advent Devotional - December 11, 2014

"Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
 / And in His name all oppression shall cease" -Oh Holy Night The Advent season is tremendously helpful in allowing us to reflect on hope that Christ brings to our broken world. The above verse simultaneously reminds us of the chain-shattering redemption that Christ enacts, and our personal connection with those i...

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Advent Devotional - December 10, 2014

"Israel's strength and consolation / Hope of all the earth Thou art / Dear desire of every nation / Joy of every longing heart" -Come Thou Long Expected Jesus In the time of the "long expected Jesus'" birth, God's chosen people of Israel were living the ultimate dream deferred under the oppressive rule of a godless regime with centuries separating them from the last insp...

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Advent Devotional - December 9, 2014

"Now to the Lord sing praises / All you within this place / And with true love and brotherhood / Each other now embrace" -God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen For a few brief hours on Christmas Day 1914, German and British soldiers along the front lines of World War I held an impromptu ceasefire. Sworn enemies emerged from their trenches, shook hands in no-man's land, and celebra...

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Advent Devotional - December 8, 2014

"Come and behold Him, born the King of angels" -O Come Let Us Adore Him Come and behold Him! What a glorious, knee-bending invitation! Since the Fall of man in the garden, such a prospect had been rendered impossible for our sin-ravaged race. How could man, saturated with hellbent rebellion, come and behold Him? He is the holy God of all creation, and even upon the genui...

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Advent Devotional - December 7, 2014

"He rules the world with truth and grace / And makes the nations prove / The glories of His righteousness / And wonders of His love" -Joy to the World In The Prince, Machiavelli famously wrote that it is "better to feared than loved, if you can't be both." But what if you can? The Bible refuses to concede Machiavelli's sinister choice. The basic Christian confession is t...

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Advent Devotional - December 6, 2014

"Yea, Lord, we greet thee / born this happy morning /Jesus, to thee be glory given /Word of the Father / now in flesh appearing / O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord" -O Come All Ye Faithful Words. We speak lots of them every day. Some of them are consequential, some are trivial, and many others are somewhere in-between. But what about God's words? From the beginni...

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Preparing for Worship on Sunday, December 7, 2014

Sermon: "The Word that Works" The preaching passage: John 1:1-5 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 to onc...

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