Celebrating Christmas as a Christian
Celebrating Christian Christmas: What does it mean? I know, I know. Last Thursday marked American Thanksgiving, followed by Black Friday, which is also in this country followed by over a…
READ MOREWe assume that life breaks simply because that is our known experience. Our machines and devices, our health and relationships, our dreams and ambitions – all of these suffer loss, failure and misuse. But it hasn’t always been that way. In today’s message, Dr. John takes us to the very beginning, where life was pristine and perfect. But the temptation of the serpent became the entrance of sin for humanity. Our hope is this. At the very start of brokenness, God points us to a Redeemer. The first promise of Christmas comes when sin first enters our living. But brokenness doesn’t have the last word. Jesus does.
READ MOREWe shouldn’t be satisfied with only half of a good story. And yet with Christmas, that is what most of us do. We enter the story of Jesus without much consideration of the story God has already spoken. We begin at Bethlehem, but God’s story about Jesus begins much earlier. In today’s message, Dr. John reminds and instructs us about the Old Testament being all about Jesus. Genesis to Malichi is God’s story to us about the Saviour to come. As Christmas approaches, let’s consider the whole narrative of Jesus.
READ MORECelebrating Christian Christmas: What does it mean? I know, I know. Last Thursday marked American Thanksgiving, followed by Black Friday, which is also in this country followed by over a…
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