Isaiah 62:1-12 Today I highlight the distinction between expectation and fulfillment, between anticipation and accomplishment. Again, this is the last Sunday before Christmas, and so I want to focus this…
Revelation 1:9-20 While Revelation may not be the first book that comes to mind when you think of Christmas sermons, the verses we have read this morning are quite applicable…
Acts 10:34-43 What is the message of Christmas? It is that God welcomes sinners. Today, let’s look at this summary of the Savior’s ministry in order to better under the…
Matthew 11:1-19 How do we prepare for Christmas in its truest sense? What kind of thoughts fill your mind as you enter this season of the year, and how might…
Zechariah 3:1-10 In this vision, Joshua, the high priest, stands before God with filthy clothes. At Joshua’s right hand stands Satan, eager to accuse him. How does this scene play…
Hebrews 11:1-16 The Bible presents us with a list of people who faced unbelief but lived by faith in the promises of God. We find a catalogue of these people…
Hebrews 9:6-14 Today’s passage, like the two we have previously considered from Hebrews, contrasts the worship of the old tabernacle system with Christ, the great high priest. But not only…
Hebrews 7:23-28 This week’s passage focuses more on how Christ is greater than the OT high priests, and on how he accomplishes the salvation that the old ministry anticipated. This…
Hebrews 5:1-10 As humans, we are tempted to try to fix our relationship with God on our own. The thought that we need a mediator to go between us and…
Revelation 7:9-17 One day, the whole church triumphant will be assembled in heaven to experience perfectly what we have only begun to taste on earth. But until that day, the…