Living as Christmas People | Luke 2:1-20

In the ancient church, Christmas was celebrated, for not just one day, but for twelve consecutive days.  This took place for a reason; it was there to reinforce and underscore the church’s call to be Christmas people—people who understand the significance of Christ becoming part of His creation in order to redeem His creation.  So,…

Living Well; Ending Well | I Peter 4:1-11

We’ve been spending these fall months working our way through Peter’s first epistle.  The section we’re looking at today is deeply theological, wonderfully practical, and (for the most part) pretty straight forward.  Peter mainly focuses on our call to walk with Christ, not only individually but also as a community.  Samantha already read our text,…

Retaliation, Redemption, Witness, and Suffering | I Peter 3:8-22

In earlier sections of this letter Peter wrote to his audience about relationships between slaves and masters, and husbands and wives.  Mark walked us thorough all of those dynamics both last week and the week before.  But here, starting in verse 8, Peter addresses, not just “some” people in the church, but “all of you.”…

Grace and a Life of Gratitude | Psalm 136

We’ve spent these summer months looking at habits of grace found in both the OT/NT: things like hospitality and confession, kindness and supplication, lament and hope, sacraments and fellowship.  And as we’ve said from the very beginning of this series, not one of these habits is to be understood as an onerous task rooted in…

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