New Albany Presbyterian Church: Sunday Sermons

Christmas Eve service 2021 was held on Friday, December 24 at the McCoy Center. Full sermon audio can be found here.

Suffering often leads to doubting God’s love for us. We go to Jesus (prayer, Word, the body) for help, and we practice long-term faithfulness, trusting that we belong to Him and His kingdom.

John is a humble servant by rejoicing in his diminishing role and pointing to Jesus. This is our life’s mission.

John is a humble servant by rejoicing in his diminishing role and pointing to Jesus. This is our life’s mission.

Jesus’ incarnation was aided by abetted his adoptive dad Joseph, a relatively obscure man in the line of David who trusted God and obeyed Him in a critical time. We are commanded to do the same.

Jesus’ incarnation was aided by abetted his adoptive dad Joseph, a relatively obscure man in the line of David who trusted God and obeyed Him in a critical time. We are commanded to do the same.

In Mary we see extraordinary faith in the most ordinary of persons. God is the grace-giving actor in this passage, but Mary’s response of childlike faith should be a model for us.

In Mary we see extraordinary faith in the most ordinary of persons. God is the grace-giving actor in this passage, but Mary’s response of childlike faith should be a model for us.

The Christian life is foundationally what God has done for us in spite of what we deserve. Are we doing the good works he has prepared in advance for us to do? If not, should we claim that we are Christians?

The Christian life is foundationally what God has done for us in spite of what we deserve. Are we doing the good works he has prepared in advance for us to do? If not, should we claim that we are Christians?