SERMONS
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Live Church 12/15/2024
“Do the Good that is Yours to Do”
As John the Baptist is teaching about bearing good fruit, the crowds, tax collectors, and soldiers ask him, “What, then, should we do?” His answer is surprisingly simple: Share. Be Fair. Don’t Bully. His answer to each group is slightly different, but ultimately the same: Do the good that is yours to do. We can each bear good fruit through small acts of justice and righteousness. May we consider what is ours to do as we prepare for Jesus’ arrival.
Live Church 12/8/2024
“We Can’t Go Alone”
We can’t go alone, nor were we meant to. And yet, modern culture pushes us more and more into lonely silos. If Ruth had followed her culture’s norms, she would have gone home to her family of origin after her husband died, but instead, she devotes herself to her mother-in-law, Naomi. Together they form a new family and covenant. Ruth and Naomi travel together to Bethlehem foreshadowing the journey Mary and Joseph will also make one day when Emmanuel, God-with-us, is born.
Live Church 12/1/2024
“You Are a Blessing”
Mary is described as “highly favored” (Luke 1:28). She is neither wealthy nor powerful, and yet she is chosen to bear God’s child. Her story begins with blessedness, and so does ours, for the prophet Isaiah declares that we are claimed by a God who calls our name. We are a blessing because we belong to God. When blessedness is our beginning, we begin to see the world—and others—through the eyes of a God who says: “You are precious in my sight” (Isaiah 43:4).
