Go and Tell: Lighting Up the World
What if you got to hold God as a baby? Scripture mentions only one person in history, besides Jesus’ parents, who ever had that chance. His name was Simeon, and his powerful reaction to holding baby Jesus will change how you see Christmas forever. Today we explores the three extraordinary …
Go and Tell: What the Prophets Proclaimed
The Christmas story is punctuated by those who proclaimed God is with us, for us, in us, and like us! But this didn’t begin when the angels showed up to the shepherds. It started centuries before when the prophets declared the Messiah — the Christ — was coming. Today we’re …
Go and Tell: The Angel Who Stole a Man’s Voice
Imagine a world where no one ever shared the story of Jesus. No Christmas, no Easter, no teachings of love and forgiveness. Today we’ll explore the story of a priest, Zechariah, whose encounter with an angel left him speechless — literally!. We’ll discover how uncertainty can silence our voice, but …
A Christmas of Rest
Rest is always seen as God’s blessing. From Genesis through Revelation, including the Christmas story, rest is a deep, complete and lasting peace that brings calm not only to the storms around us, but the storms within us. Today we’re looking at God’s vision of rest, including how we can …
The Mystery of Christmas
Sometimes when reading a mystery you need to check the end of the story to make sure it ends well — then you can jump back into the intrigue. That’s what we’re doing today! In Revelation we find the “mystery of God” being fulfilled — the we flip back to …
Great Joy to ALL People
Can Revelation have anything to do with the Christmas story? Absolutely! It’s in Revelation 5 we find that Jesus died to ransom ALL PEOPLE! That’s the very same message the angel proclaimed on the night of Jesus’ birth: that his coming was good news that will bring great joy to …
Unexpected Expectations
We bring many expectations into our relationship with Jesus. Today, Pastor Gary shares from the Christmas story how to deal with these different expectations. As we do, God will show up and prove his promises true.
Our Christmas Hope
Much of life is spent in the “waiting room,” living in anticipation of receiving what God has promised — but it’s not here yet. We’re still waiting. Why would God make us linger and not immediately provide us what’s been promised? That’s what we’re discovering today through the Christmas story …
Unwrapped: Unending Joy
Christmas is over — all that remains is to drag the dead Christmas tree out to the trash and pay the bills that stacked up in December. Was it worth it? Absolutely! In fact, the JOY of Christmas isn’t meant to be experienced just once a year. Christmas is over …
Unwrapped: Unshakable Faith
The first Christmas came at a time of incredible upheaval in Israel. There had been 400 years of conflict and silence from God. Nearly all hope was gone when God broke his silence by speaking to Mary. And faith arose as she believed what God said about her life. This …