AEFC Sermons

In this sermon, we meet one last “animal star” of Christmas. Along with the donkeys and the camels, there is nearly always a sheep in a traditional manger scene. Given the presence of shepherds and the fact Jesus is laid to rest in a feeding trough, it is not hard to imagine there were sheep…

Scripture Reading:  Matthew 2: 13-16, Revelation 12:1-12. To view the bulletin, please click on the blue “PDF” button. Does Christmas really have a dark side? In this sermon, we answer that question by turning to the most unexpected creature the Bible tells us was present when Jesus was born — the Christmas Dragon.

Scripture Reading:  Isaiah 60:1-6. To view the bulletin, click on the blue “PDF” button. What are you looking for this Christmas? That perfect gift? A break from work? A family visit? A little peace amidst the noise? Those are all fine. But the story of the wise men and the camels they rode in on…

A donkey figures prominently in the Christmas story — just not the one you’re thinking of! In Numbers 22-24, the Lord uses a donkey to chastise a prophet for his foolishness. That prophet then goes on to proclaim one of the great Christmas prophecies of the Bible. In this sermon, we look at the story…

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Thanksgiving isn’t an explicitly Christian holiday. It doesn’t celebrate a specific event the way Christmas or Easter or Pentecost do. And yet America’s Thanksgiving holiday definitely fills a Biblical purpose by giving Christians an opportunity to build up the habit of being thankful in all things. In this sermon, we explore four basic Biblical reasons…

Nothing drives a point home quite like a stark contrast. That is precisely what Matthew gives us in the first half of chapter 12 – a sharp contrast between the heavy burden of rules-based religion and the light burden of serving Christ. One leads to a “try harder” life of endless frustration while the other…

We face lots of choices in life. Some of them are so small that they border on trivial. Others are so big they set the course for everything that follows. But none of our choices is more important than what we do with Jesus Christ. That’s what we learn in Matthew 11:16-30. Scripture Reading: Matthew…