Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4, The story of Christmas is not just a pretty story about a cuddly, cute baby depicted with a fuzz filter on the lens. It is not a sentimental metaphor that illustrates to us that we all ought to wish harder that there would be peace on earth. It is a claim. It is a truth claim shot in HD. It is a claim that in Jesus, something staggering was happening. This message explores the difference Jesus makes when we open our lives to his reality.

Scripture: Luke 2:1-14, When you peel away the props around the naivety scene, we find a message of great joy that seems to elude many around Christmas. This message unpacks the character of that joy—that it is not dependent on our circumstance—to show the difference the Joy of the Lord means for us.

Scripture: Luke 1:26-31, Why do the Gospels present, as an historical claim, that Jesus was born of a Virgin—that this was a special Being who came in a special birth. Why does that matter? What is at stake in that question? This message answers those questions, showing what it all means for us.

Have you ever wondered what life on earth would look like if Jesus had never been born? Join us as we explore what the Bible has to say about how the first Christmas set in motion staggering events that forever altered history. Discover how Christmas can forever change your life also.