Author: Pastor Lockman

Luke 2:21 Who Are You? On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise him, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived. (NIV1984) Dear fellow worshipers of the Child of Bethlehem, There is a story about a 13-year-old orphan who was about to be adopted.  He had been abandoned as […]

John 1:1-14 God’s Christmas Presence to You In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was with God in the beginning.  Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  In him was life, and that life was the light of men.  The light […]

Romans 16:25-27 As the Advent Children of God— We Wait Giving Glory to God! Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal […]

I Thessalonians 5:16-24 As the Advent Children of God— We Wait with Resolve! Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.  Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt.  Test everything.  Hold on to the good.  Avoid every kind of evil.  May God […]

2 Peter 3:8-14 As the Advent Children of God— We Patiently Wait for Peace! But do not forget this one thing, dear friends:  With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.  The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.  He is patient with you, not […]