TEXT: LUKE 2:11 | CHRIST IS LORD INTRO EXPLANATION : It was just another night for those shepherds. They were just doing their job like any other night, taking care of the sheep. Trying to keep the sheep from getting eaten Moving them from one spot to another so they had grass to eat. But on this totally…

TEXT: LUKE 2:11 | A SAVIOR 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. INTRO ILLUSTRATION : The song was written in 1816 by a young Austrian priest, Joseph Mohr It is said that he looked out over his quite, winter covered town, that had been ravished by…

TEXT: LUKE 2:11 | BORN THIS DAY INTRO ILLUSTRATION : EXPLANATION : Last week we began to dive into the good news the angels had delivered to these lowly shepherds. We rejoice in the wonderful fact that this good news was for all the world… but on that incredible night they discovered it was good news…

TEXT: Luke 2:10-11 | FOR UNTO YOU INTRO 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. ILLUSTRATION : We all like “good news” “You got…

TEXT: GALATIANS 2:1-10 | THE CONTINUANCE OF THE GOSPEL INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Robert Hanssen was born in 1944 in Chicago, IL On January 12, 1976, Hanssen joined the FBI and was quickly moved to New York and into the counterintelligence department were he was assigned the task of compiling information of…

TEXT: GALATIANS 1:6-10 | PLEASING MEN OR GOD INTRO ILLUSTRATION : It was an outbreak of hostility in Lexington, Massachusetts in April 1775 that caused a young man to volunteer for service in the continental army. In only a short time he was appointed by general George Washington to command an expedition…

TEXT: GALATIANS 1:1-5 | GRACE, PEACE, AND GLORY INTRO EXPLANATION : Last week we began our dive into this awesome book of Galatians, written by Paul to the churches at Galatia. These were the same churches he and Barnabas had just visited on that first missionary journey. Churches in Antioch, Iconium,…

TEXT: GALATIANS 1:1 | NO TURNING BACK INTRO ILLUSTRATION : Getting your drivers license can be a nerve racking experience. Even if you grew up driving on the farm or your parents broke the law and let you drive before the state said you were old enough, it can still make you nervous. In Indiana, at 15…

TEXT: ZECHARIAH 14:1-11 | A FORESHADOW OF THE RETURN INTRO : Over the past couple weeks we have watched as evil has sought to destroy God’s people, Israel. The atrocities and horrors that have taken place and have been broadcast have been overwhelming. We have had a glimpse into the evil potential of…