Advent

The Fourth Sunday of Advent December 20, 2015 Micah 5:2-5a “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”  Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor […]

The Third Sunday in Advent December 13, 2015 Luke 3:7-18 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers!  Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?  Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.  And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’  For I tell you that […]

The Second Sunday in Advent December 6, 2015 Luke 3:1-6 “In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene—during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah […]

The First Sunday in Advent November 29, 2015 Luke 21:25-36 “There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars.  On the earth, nations will be in anguish and perplexity at the roaring and tossing of the sea.  Men will faint from terror, apprehensive of what is coming on the world, for the heavenly bodies will be shaken.  At that […]

Text:  1 Thessalonians 5: 16-24 We are always waiting for something.  Something as simple as the mail-carrier to  bring those Christmas cards with news and greetings from people we know and love.  We’re always waiting, waiting for company, waiting for a phone call or email, waiting for lab results.  What about waiting for Jesus? Are you waiting for Him?  He […]