Psalm 85:1-13 Introduction What is Christmas about? For many Christmas is about family, love, giving It’s essentially a time of sentimentality For Christians Christmas isn’t about sentimentality but certainty It’s not just a celebration that Jesus came but a celebration of why He came Salvation that…

Psalm 46:1-11 Introduction I have come to prefer speaking of this as Advent I like that it has a start & finish : ) Advent more accurately reflects what this celebration is about Christmas/Advent is about the glory of Christ’s first coming (advent) His first advent is pointing us to look for His second…

Introduction After several weeks away we’re back to Isaiah briefly before Christmas/Advent season From Isaiah 13 we’ve gone through a series of prophecies against the nations Cycle 1: Prophecies against Babylon (signifcantly 1st), Philistia, Moab, Damascus, Egypt Cycle 2: Babylon, Edom, tribes through…

Acts 19:1-41 Introduction— A saying in leadership: “When you’re tired of saying people are just starting to hear it” Statement about the value of repetition especially of things that are important Often I come back to a sermon, passage or topic - not because it was a good sermon but because it’s important…

Introduction e.g. Ever been in one of those situations where you see what’s going on and think to yourself, what were they thinking? Maybe you just want to look at people and say, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ That’s Isaiah in Isaiah 22 He’s proclaimed prophecies of God’s judgment on sin & moved to distress…

Introduction e.g. Sleeping in my Suzuki Sierra When I was 19-20 brother and I went camping with friends in Maragaret River Back of Sierra filled with camping, surfing, etc. gear Started raining & we weren’t prepared so we slept in front seat of my car Barely slept, waiting for morning which seemed to…