The Christmas episode features a rebroadcast of a sermon I preached 2 years ago called "Prepare Him Room".

Merry Christmas!

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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The fourth week of Advent asks us to ponder where would we be without the faith of Mary and Elizabeth? In today’s passage from Luke 1:39-55, Mary allows herself to become God’s magnifying glass, through which “the whole world can read and understand the gospel.

Where would we be without Mary? Where would any of us be without any of God’s little magnifying glasses all around-those who have shined with the power of faith in spite of the odds, those who have borne Christ to us and enabled us to read how much God loves us?

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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The third week of Advent features the prophet Zephaniah’s words and they “must have seemed ludicrous to those who first heard them. And the call to rejoice and not to fear may seem ludicrous to us, knowing all that is happening in our world today. How can we proclaim joy in a broken world? We use the words of Leonard Cohen, Karl Barth, and John the Baptist to tell us how.

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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The second week of Advent features the beginning of the Good News in Mark 1:1-8.

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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The first week of Advent features Jesus' encouragement to wake up in Matthew 24:36-44.

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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The 200th episode of Soul Ramblings features the story of Blind Bartimaeus from Mark 10.

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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We find ourselves in a moment where we have some choices to make. Like the Israelites in Joshua 24, we simply have to make a decision about whether we’re serious about loving God and loving neighbor, whether we’re serious about living the promise or just talking about it. So, what’s it gonna be?

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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Maybe we need to learn about seeking to imitate the humility of Christ.  Plus, we celebrate my wife's birthday this week with a special song.

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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Arguments and division seem to be the norm these days.  We can't save ourselves, so what do we do?

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

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Have you ever felt used? It’s a crummy feeling to be treated as a pawn or stepping stone in someone’s plan, as an unwilling object used for another’s benefit or pleasure. It’s dehumanizing and it’s painful, but there is another way to think about being used. God wants to use us and in Mark 10:17-31, a wealthy man gets a direct invitation from Jesus to be used by God for good in God’s kingdom. He rejects this invitation because he cannot let go of his wealth. How will you respond to this invitation?

I also give some reasons I don’t engage in online controversies and arguments, plus I have 2 books to suggest to you which I have recently read.

This month is also Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Grace, Peace, Cheers! 🍻

Jerry

Book Suggestions:

Celebration Of Discipline by Richard Foster

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

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