Born to be King
God of the Outsiders
In each social circle in which we move we can very quickly determine who are the in-crowd and who are the not-so-in-crowd. The reality is that some people find themselves on the outside fringes of society never really fitting in with the cultural elites of their day. Maybe you feel like this? Well if you do then there is some wonderful news for you in the message of Christmas. At Christmas we can’t hide from the fact that God sent…
God is at Work
In the story of Christmas one man is often forgotten about. We know the shepherd, the wise men, Mary and even the donkey but how often do we think about Joseph? Joseph is often viewed as Mary’s “plus one” just an added extra to look good in nativity scenes… but this morning we are going to try and put ourselves in his shoes and imagine how the news of Mary’s pregnancy would have impacted his life and what God does…
Christmas sets us Free
Back at the start of chapter 1 of Luke and that start of our journey to understand the impact of the Christmas story on the lives of people at the time we met an old forgotten priest named Zechariah. He was depressed and isolated but God grabbed a hold of his life and promised him that his prayers (and the prayers of the nation) would be answered. The last words Zechariah spoke before being struck silent were words of unbelief……
God of the Impossible
Some people will say that God is pretty irrelevant to their lives. He might mean something to the guys with white collars and robes sitting in stained-glass churches… but what does God have to do with an average punter like me? Well as we continue to follow the story of Christmas, trying to look below the surface to discover something new, we see that God starts His Christmas stories not with the high and mighty but with the lowly and…
Christmas Changes Everything
It is easy for us in the church to lament the over commercialization of Christmas! When we see all the glossy junk mail, shiny marketing and materialism we can feel as though the real meaning of Christmas has been missed. However, I wonder how much better our understanding of Christmas actually is… aside from “celebrating Jesus’ birthday” what does Christmas really mean to us? How has it changed humanity? How should it change our lives? Join us as we start…