Text: Luke 13:1-9 Why does God allow suffering? Why does God allow bad things to happen? These are questions that are very common in our world. Usually these questions come from people who have doubts about God’s Word or even doubts about the existence of God. Sinful human beings try...

Text: John 7:40-43 Does it seem like just about everyone is a spiritual expert? Maybe I am overstating that a little bit. Let me explain. I have noticed that there are many people who have thoughts about religion which are not truly Scriptural thoughts. If you try to point out...

Text: Numbers 6:22-27 Count your blessings. Think about the ways that God has blessed you in this last year. Each one of us has different blessings. Some of those blessings might seem trivial to others but to us it was a meaningful event. Other events are things that were celebrated...

Text: Isaiah 7:10-14 Every year we celebrate one of the most significant events in all of human history. It is not just the birth of any child. Children are born all the time. We celebrate the birth of a special child. Jesus is like no other child in all of...

Text: Luke 2:8-20 What do we do when we have good news? What do we do if we just got engaged or if our team just won the big game? How do we share the message when we got that promotion at work or when our child is born? We...

Text: Hebrews 1:1-9 We could celebrate Christmas on a different day. We don’t have to celebrate on December 25. Now I am not suggesting that we change the day of Christmas. The reason I mention this is because some people will attack Christians and the celebration of Christmas by pointing...

Text: Luke 2:14 Do people take the Christmas Message seriously? What do you think? Is the message of Jesus born in a manger given the reverence it deserves or do people treat it like a children’s story? Is it just a nice sounding story that we dust off every December,...

Text: Titus 2:11-14 Christmas is a wonderful time. There are many fond memories. We can remember the holiday traditions that we enjoy with our families. We have thoughts about the presents we have given or received. We may even think about our favorite Christmas carols from worship. Christmas is a...

Text: Romans 16:25-27 What is your reaction when someone gives you a really nice present? What if you receive something that is very expensive or something that has incredible sentimental value? Usually we react by thinking that we need to give them something that is as equally valuable as what...

Text: Luke 2:21-35 In our text, Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple 40 days after he was born. On our Calendar, that would be early February. Simeon’s Christmas wasn’t celebrated until well after the normal amount of time for Christmas celebrations in our culture. And yet, Simeon probably...