Jesus, the Shepherds and Those Who Feel Like They Don’t Belong

Kaleo Church

Sermons

Jesus, the Shepherds and Those Who Feel Like They Don’t Belong

Luke 2:1-20

December 24, 2022 • Tim Cain • Luke 2:1–20

Have you ever felt like you just didn’t belong. It’s hard, isn’t it? In this message we will consider what the Christmas story has to say about rejection and our longing to fit in. Specifically we will consider why it is that the only person who got to choose when and how he was born chose to be born in a stable and laid in a manger.

The Search for Peace

December 31, 2022 • Tim Cain • Luke 2:22–35

How is it possible to die in peace? I think many people assume that when death comes, they will somehow find peace and yet the reality is that most people go through life grasping at control and struggling with fear and anxiety when even one of the things they love are threatened. How could we possibly imagine that we might be ready to lose everything in death when we still haven’t figured out how to live in peace with the ordinary losses of life? In this passage Simeon shows us the secret to dying in peace which, we will find out, also happens to be the secret to a life of peace.

The Giver and His Gifts

December 17, 2022 • Tim Cain • Luke 1:57–80

How do you respond when God says yes? How do we avoid becoming so enamored with his gifts that we allow them to distract us from the giver? Specifically, what does it look like to separate the gift of forgiveness from the God who offers it to us? In order to help us answer some of these questions Zechariah comes to remind us not only what we have been saved from, but what we have been saved for.

From Mystery to Marvel

December 10, 2022 • Wes Van Fleet • Luke 1:39–56

Sometimes we can get so used to the narratives about Jesus coming into the world that we lose our wonder and awe. In Luke 1, Mary and Elizabeth will demonstrate how marveling at who God is and what he has done is intimately intertwined with humility. Listen and hear how the Gospel moves us from mystery to marvel.