Incarnation: When Jesus Stepped Out John 1:14

When Jesus stepped into our world, He was love with skin on. He didn't just talk about love, He loved. He didn't just preach on forgiveness. He forgave. He didn't just proclaim the necessity of justice and righteousness. He attacked the unrighteous institutions of His day. He became flesh. He was, in the words of this Christmas sermon, God's love with skin on.

Hope: Christmas Is Hope Matthew 1:18-25

"Why haven't you given up on us, God?" asks this sermon. Because, He answers, I came once as a Surprise Package in Bethlehem's barn, and I will come again to Every Waiting Heart who dares to wear my blood upon His door. For I have Hope in those who repent, who turn from their sinful ways and follow

Christmas: The Spirit of Christmas Present Philippians 4:10-20

When you're thinking about today ... this year ... the present moment of your life; what's your spirit? How do you feel? How do you make sense of life? How do you cope? This Christmas sermon offers two answers based on Philippians 4. First, we can look at reality and see blessing. Second, we can look at faith and see strength.

Christmas: Old Simeon and Anna Luke 2:22-40

Old Simeon and Anna have lived all their lives waiting on the promise of God to bring about the redemption of His people. That one hope, that one vision, that one dream, has been the center of their entire lives. In this first person Christmas sermon, a temple witness watches as Simeon and Anna...

Faith: Mary Before Christmas Luke 1:26-38

In John, we may see our need to prepare the way of the Lord, but in Mary we see the even greater need to prepare Him room. In her, we see the response of faith: obedience. As this Christmas sermon reminds us, "Faith is obedience, nothing else; literally, nothing else at all."

Advent/Faith: When Faith Meets Faith Luke 1:39-55

That the Son of God had a mother is a reminder that God's work gets done when otherwise ordinary people hear the voice of God and decide to say "yes." Mary, says this Advent sermon, is a reminder that faith means following dreams -- dreams that begin with God - with courage and expectation.

Christmas: Upside Down Christmas Luke 1:47-55

We come to Christmas thinking of Christmas as the time that sets everything right. Christmas is the time to come home, to return to that time in our memories when all was warm, and good and right, when everything that's come upside down in our lives is set, at least for a couple of days in December, right side up. Yet, as this sermon points out, in the Bible, Christmas was that time when everything was turned upside down.