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Who is Jesus? Read John 1 1-5 again and this time read “Jesus” instead of “the Word.” Jesus is with God and, at the same time: Jesus is God. There is God the Father: and God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. There is One God who is three Persons. Jesus is not only a man: He is God. In God’s power: Jesus created the earth and everything that…

You can be sure because Christmas has always come at the same time for many years. But even before the first Christmas, people were sure that Christmas was coming. How did they know about God’s promise to send Jesus? God spoke through people called prophets to tell about His plan long before it…

Why do we celebrate Christmas? Christmas is fun. Opening gifts is fun. Visiting family and friends is fun. Eating cookies and candy is fun. Is this why we celebrate Christmas? On the first Christmas, the shepherds did not have gifts, friends, and candy. They were tired and hungry from working hard all day. At night there was more work to do. They took turns staying awake…

“… how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthew 7:11) If we follow the pattern of Scripture, we will pray for God’s material provision and for his spiritual gifts, with an emphasis on the latter. It is tempting for pastors to pray about buildings and budgets, but it would be better for us to pray for the…

Act 1: God’s Plan for All People Creation: The God of All of Life Fall: Rejecting God’s Vision for Life Flood: God Judges and Makes a Covenant to Preserve Life Act 2: God’s Covenant People The People: God Calls a Covenant People Deliverance: God Rescues His People Covenant and Law: God Embraces and Instructs His People The Land: God’s Place for His People…

A. That I am not my own, 1 but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, 2 to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. 3 He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, 4 and has set me free from all the power of the devil. 5 He also preserves me in such a way 6 that without the…

On October 5, 1544, Martin Luther preached the dedication of the Castle Church at Torgau, Germany. This church lays claim to being the first Protestant church to be built, as all the other church buildings were converted Roman Catholic sanctuaries. Lucas Cranach, Luther’s painter and engraver, designed the interior of this church, including the pulpit. It is a rectangular…

The Reformation makes us small and Christ big. Why was the Reformation controversial in the sixteenth century? Why does it remain controversial today? The answer, I believe, is that the Reformation (or rather the biblical gospel it rediscovered) makes us small and Christ big. At the heart of the Reformation was the realization that: We are more helpless than we realize.…

How often do we need reminding about things? Reminders about things we tend to forget help us do the things we’re meant to do. What about the reminders of the TRUTH? It is really important to keep reminding each other and yourself that God is God and that he is faithful, loving, merciful etc… We (I) need reminding of this. There is ample evidence in the Bible that they…

“My conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything. God help me. Here I stand, I can do no other.” Martin Luther (1483-1546) Martin Luther is widely known as the architect of the reformation. On October 31, 1517, Luther famously nailed 95 theses on the castle door of Wittenberg as a “protest” against the Pope and the selling of…