• The Sacrament of Baptism, part II
    Jan 12 2025
    31 mins
  • The Sacrament of Baptism
    Jan 5 2025
    29 mins
  • Finishing Well
    Dec 29 2024
    Join me as we pray for the reading of God’s word. Father, we give you all thanks and praise for you have brought us through this advent season in which while we were preparing for your first coming, your incarnation, the word became flesh and dwelt among us. Lord, we were also to be training our thoughts on your second coming. And Lord, we thank you that you have promised to come again. And Lord, we ask that you would
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    26 mins
  • The Messiah’s Preparation
    Dec 22 2024
    Last week, we looked at the Messiah’s message pronounced in Isaiah 61. And today, we are considering the temptations Jesus endured as part of his preparation for his Ministry of Redemption. We look through the reading of God’s word. If you please join me in prayer. Living God, we ask that you would help us to hear your Holy word that we truly understand in Lord and understanding we would believe, and believing we would follow in all faithfulness and
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    31 mins
  • The Proclamation
    Dec 15 2024
    29 mins
  • The Son of David
    Dec 8 2024
    We’re given to us in Genesis 3:15, all the way to the birth of John the Baptist. And today we’re going to see the Messiah is the King in the line of David, as well as the Messiah is the Prophet like Moses. The shadows of the Old find the reality in the light of Christ. We look to the reading of God’s word. If you please join me in prayer. Father of all mercies, you have given to us
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    27 mins
  • Connecting the Covenantal Dots
    Dec 1 2024
    See, there are multiple scriptures this morning in your bulletin we’re looking through. We consider advent, and we remind ourselves that advent is not simply a countdown to Christmas. It is not a reenactment. It is first and foremost, a celebration and a reminder of the person and work of Jesus Christ in his full gospel power and glory. His first coming is to remind us of the pledge and the promise of his second. As we look to the
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    28 mins
  • King Jesus
    Nov 24 2024
    It’s an X and an R. It looks like a P, but this is the word for Christ. The first two letters is C-H. Even you see the symbol here, the IHS. It’s Latin taken from Greek, and it’s just the first three letters of Jesus and the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. The church has used colors from the beginning because the Lord has instructed us to use colors. We see that in
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    27 mins