We're so glad you're joining us to celebrate the birth of Christ! This pre-recorded message was shared at our Christmas Eve service.
Mary, the mother of God, is the fifth and final woman in Matthew's geneology of Jesus. Her story is full of scandal and intrigue. Once again, God uses an outsider to turn the world upside down and deliver the fulfillment of His promise. We see in the Magnificat (Luke 1), that Mary knew, even at the end of her first trimester, that God was doing something remarkable.
Jesus' family historically had a lot of messy situations. Perhaps the messiest was the life and lineage of King David. As we wrap up the Old Testament section of our series, we take a look at Bathsheba - a woman who survived assault, her husband's murder, her baby's death, and the threats on her own life. Yet, she became the queen mother of Israel, with her son, Solomon, on the throne. She was just hoping to recover - but God had bigger plans.
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The Story of Ruth is the story of faithfulness - God's faithfulness to His people, and people's faithfulness to God. After the famine, Naomi, Ruth, Boaz, and others had to make a lot of major decisions, and they serve as an example to us. They chose what was right over what was profitable. And the Lord blessed their faithfulness, making their descendant, David, the king of Israel, and their later descendant, Jesus, the King of the kings.
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God used an outsider to deliver the promised land! As we continue our series, looking at the five women in Matthew's geneology of Jesus, we come to Joshua 2. Rahab the prostitute is held up in the Old Testament, Gospel, and New Testament as an example of faith, lived out in works. The outsider is used to deliver God's promise, and to teach us about what faith really looks like!
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Matthew's gospel begins with e geneology of Jesus, which includes five women. Their stories are full of drama, power, intrugue, greed, and family. This Advent, we are learning about them, and how they prefigure the salvation brought about in Jesus.
The first woman is Tamar, whose story is in Genesis 38. It's a mess. The family is a mess. Everyone's choices are a mess. Yet, God uses her to save the family that will be the tribe that rules Israel.
Christ is King! As we close out the church year, Fr. Micah shares a tool for discernment. How do we know what the Lord is saying? In what direction should we grow? Jeremiah the prophet promises that in God's Kingdom, we are fruitful and multiply - and what does that have to do with making decisions?
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How do we serve a God we can't see? Today, Joel led us through the end of Malachi - the last words of the Old Testament, and the promises of God to a people that would not hear from Him again for 400 years.
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What will the resurrection be like? Is there more than this life? The religious leaders of Jesus' day sought to embarrass Him by pressing Him on these questions. We're still asking the same thing today. Jesus' answer helps direct us to netter unerstanding and better living.
You don't have to be short to be small. When Zaccheus went to find out who Jesus was, he found a lot more than a good view from a tree. It turns out that Jesus had been looking for him the whole time.
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When Paul was in trouble, what happened to his support system? How did his friends respond? We'll look today at the end of 2 Timothy to find his perspective, and how it can change ours.