Zephaniah 3:14-20
Advent 3C
[…] what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility, perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger (2:1-3).” Not exactly “have yourself a merry little Christmas,” is it? This is not the kind of stuff people want to hear two Sundays before Christmas. I mean, the world is dark enough. We come […]
Isaiah 64:1-9
Advent 1B
[…] it’s not just terrorists, abusers and polluters who have who have sinned against God. It’s also us, the very people who can hardly wait to celebrate God’s Christmas arrival. We too have continued to sin against God. So God didn’t just have to tear open the heavens to come to earth in order to […]
Luke 1:39-45 (46-56)
Advent 4C
[…] righteousness that would landscape the whole earth. Mary could see it clear as day. The Advent question that is so properly bracing for all of us as Christmas comes once again five days after this Fourth Sunday in Advent is: “Do we still see this, too?” Textual Points It is interesting to note that […]
Psalm 126
Advent 3B
[…] ultimate restoration of Zion came through that final Son of David who is Jesus Christ the Lord. That is what we finally celebrate in Advent and at Christmas. But if we are honest, then despite all the good cheer we try to crank up over the holiday season, we also still live well short […]
Isaiah 64:1-9
Advent 1B
[…] every year. The hope we find in these Scripture text is not of the cozy, festive, cheery sort we expect to find in the lead up to Christmas. Instead, we remember that what we are waiting for is … judgment. Our hope begins with a baby in a manger but it finds its completion […]
Advent Resources Year A
Advent – Year A A collection of Advent resources and Christmas resources including sermon ideas, whole sermons, sermon series ideas, and more. Home » You searched for christmas » Page 16 Advent Resources 2022 Quick Links First Sunday in Advent, November 27, 2022 Second Sunday in Advent, December 4, 2022 Third Sunday in Advent, […]
Advent Resources Year C
Advent – Year C A collection of Advent resources and Christmas resources including sermon ideas, whole sermons, sermon series ideas, and more. Home » You searched for christmas » Page 16 Advent Resources 2024 Quick Links First Sunday in Advent, December 1, 2024 Second Sunday in Advent, December 8, 2024 Third Sunday in Advent, […]
Luke 12:13-21
Proper 13C
Whether it’s Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life, prompts for charitable donations on Giving Tuesday (after the two biggest shopping days of the year), or the persistent sound of the Salvation Army bells ringing at storefronts, Christmas seems to be the season when we think […]
Acts 2:2-21
Pentecost B
Arguably it is harder to write a fresh sermon on Pentecost than on Christmas or Easter. Those last two major events in redemptive history are proclaimed in multiple Biblical texts, so there are different angles to take on Christmas and Easter. Pentecost, on the other hand, is reported in only one text, our text […]
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