Advent Celebrating the Coming King
Advent Celebration Finale- Unto Us a Child Is Born
December 24, 2022 • Pastor Kevin Brown
On this last day of Advent we anticipate the coming Christ. We look and wait for the manifestation of God’s promise. The original hearers of Isaiah’s message would have heard it as a riddle. While it seems so obvious to us that Isaiah is pointing to the promised Messiah; it would have been less obvious to Isaiah and even less obvious to those listening in that day. Like us today, they all had the same need but each looked for a different solution.
Love Reborn in a Place of Hate
December 18, 2022 • Minister Rakeem Miller • Matthew 2:1–16
The Christmas season is the time of year to reflect on the love of God through the birth of his son Jesus. However, we can get distracted from resting in God's love entering the world by the troublesome events that happen daily in our world. The birth of Jesus in 1st century Judea provides us with assurance that love can both abide in a hateful place and conquer it. Scripture(s): NKJV
The Personal Joy of Jesus
December 11, 2022 • Pastor Kevin Brown • Luke 2:8–11
In the midst of a census, for the taxation of the entire Roman occupied world, God inaugurates His heart Kingdom for all who will receive His Son. There is a deep, personal joy found in Jesus for each of us; a joy that can not be found in any other thing or in any other way. To know Jesus, is to know a deep and abiding personal joy. .
Restoring Shalom
December 4, 2022 • Pastor Kevin Brown
The Messiah has come that we might have peace within, peace with others and peace in the world. The word shalom in all of its forms is mentioned 550 times in the Bible. We typically use peace and shalom interchangeably in the English language. But shalom is far more comprehensive than simply the absence of war and chaos. Shalom is the relational restoration of creation as God the creator and sustainer intends. Scripture(s): NKJV Isaiah 9:6-7Luke 2:1-14
The Hope of the World
November 27, 2022 • Pastor Kevin Brown
We celebrate Advent, Christmas, the arrival and birth of Jesus the long awaited Messiah. Jesus is not only the hope of the entire world, He is the hope of every single event in our lives. No where can hope be seen more clearly than in the way God takes our temporal lives and sweeps them into His eternal plan for all creation.