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We are back in the book of Hebrews! We start the year off with a timely passage. To make it through life, this author tells us that we as Christians should do three things; draw near to God, hold onto our confession, and stay gathered with one another. 

Today we conclude our advent series with a look at Luke chapter 2. We break down its setting, costume, characters, and dialogue. We then see how all of that shows us things about who God is and what he is up to. 

This week we look at a powerful ruler named King Herod in the advent story. He shows us the sort of things we are tempted to do with our power, but also the sort of leaders we are tempted to give our allegiance to. God calls us to bow to him and live under his rule instead. 

We start an advent series today called; Chains He Shall Break. In it we are going to look at the theme of power in the advent story. Today we looked at Mary's Magnificat. She tells us that it is a good thing that God scatters the proud, takes rulers off their thrones, and sends the rich away hungry. Why is that? Can we listen to her song in a way that helps us proclaim this sort of good news to the world, and embody it as well? 

Anthony introduces the Advent Season, giving us some space to be still and reflect on all of the gifts that God gives us.

This week we have a stand alone message talking about how Christians should be generous with their money. We look at the Biblical examples and commands, and then apply it to our time and place. 

We've been looking at all sorts of ways that those things that existed in the Old Testament, or Old covenant, only pointed to what God wanted to exist in a better way in and through Jesus. This week we see how Jesus makes a far better sacrifice that deals with all of sin, and inaugurates a new kingdom. 

We continue our series in Hebrews and we continue to see all that we have in Jesus our High Priest. In particular we look at how Jesus has brought us into the most holy place, and cleaned even our conscious.

This week we take a break from our series in Hebrews. We got such an encouraging word from Olivia Mulerwa, president of an organization called Mission One, which is an organization we have given to for years now.  Mission One exists to partner with the Global church in making communities more like the Kingdom of God. They envision a world where every community is transformed for the glory of God and the honor of all peoples. She shared with us a word of the sort of Kingdom work we are all called to, while giving us eyes to see what God is doing through our brothers and sisters in other countries. 

This week we look at this new covenant we get in Jesus. We look at three things related to the new covenant; centered on Jesus, he's a better high priest in many ways, and we need to stop living a human powered life.