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Christmas Eve — Tuning our hearts
It’s my last Christmas Eve service at Heights Church serving as pastor. It took me over 19 years of preaching to finally get a message where the points play off of a word! My penultimate message and I FINALLY get something together using one word!
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Advent Reading — The Open Door He Sets Before Us
See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. — Rev. 3:8, NIV
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Advent Reading — He is our strong deliverer
The Sunday we announced our resignation as pastors of Heights Church, the Lord had me share from Acts 16 when Paul came to Troas. He had been trying to get into new territory to preach the gospel and a couple of times the Spirit kept him from heading in particular directions. Finally, he came to Troas and it was there…
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Advent Reading: The place of trust
When there is evil in the world, there is a tendency as 21st Century Americans that it is somehow our duty to get rid of it. All of it. Right now.
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Advent Reading: In suffering they worshiped
The challenge of American Christianity is abundance. We have to fake issues to “feel” oppressed and somehow that motivates us to follow Christ. Our challenge is our abundance. The first sign of something that doesn’t agree with our personal theology, and we give up on God.
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Advent Reading — Deal with God being God
Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him. (Ps. 115:3, NIV)
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Advent Reading: Three small phrases and a lifetime of practice
This may be one of those rare times you get to read Jude. In this Advent reading, there were two days of reading Jude. It can actually be done in 10 minutes or less.
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Advent Reading — Keeping our eyes on the margins of society
Advent is a time of examination. It is to remember the first coming of Christ. It is to anticipate the Second Coming of Christ. This is a season to reflect and prepare.
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Advent Reading: Not all is set right in this world
Psalm 10 is a stark reminder of the need for Advent. When we seem to think God is standing far off, he is indeed “breaking in” to this world.
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First Sunday of Advent
Advent is a season to reflect on the first coming of Christ and anticipate the Second Coming of Christ. We’re not great at that. We seem to either ignore the anticipation of the Second Coming, or we work to put fear into people that they will “miss the rapture.” Both responses miss the point of Advent and anticipation.
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