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“Love,” Matthew 1-2

Advent, from a Latin word for coming, is a time for waiting, a time of preparation to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but it is also a longing to see Jesus when He comes back again. Hope, peace, joy and love are different focuses of this very important period. In today’s sermon, in our last week of...

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“Joy,” John 10:7-10

Advent, from a Latin word for coming, is a time for waiting, a time of preparation to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but it is also a longing to see Jesus when He comes back again. Hope, peace, joy and love are different focuses of this very important period. In today’s sermon, in our third week of...

“From Sorrow to Joy,” John 16:16-22
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“From Sorrow to Joy,” John 16:16-22

The conversation was almost over. By the time we read our text it was late at night. Jesus and the apostles must have been nearing the garden of Gethsemane. Judas had probably already betrayed him. The soldiers may have already been on their way to arrest him. We know from Matthew’s account of that night...