Characters of Christmas: Simeon and Anna 2021-11-28

Characters of Christmas: Simeon and Anna 2021-11-28

Many missed the birth of the Messiah, but not everyone.  SImeon and Anna long awaited the Messiah and when He showed up in the temple that day they could not contain their elation at the sight of their Messiah. Sunday Notes: Here Devotional: Here Small Group Outline:...
Characters of Christmas: Simeon and Anna 2021-11-28

Characters of Christmas: The Innkeeper 2021-11-21

Surely if he had known who was on his porch, the Innkeeper would have made room.  Surely if he knew that the Messiah was to be born he would have opened his home to them.  But he didn’t.  God revealed His son to Mary, Joseph, shepherds, and a select few but the...
Characters of Christmas: Simeon and Anna 2021-11-28

Characters of Christmas: Mary and Jospeh

Mary and Joseph are tasked with possible the heaviest parenting role in human history: birth and raise the Messiah.  What qualifies or prepares them for such a role?  Nothing by our standards, yet God favored them and their faithfulness is a shining example to us...
Characters of Christmas: Simeon and Anna 2021-11-28

Characters of Christmas: John the Baptist 2021-11-07

John the Baptist is the promised prophet, the herald to announce the Messiah.  He is also one set apart for the word of God and shows us an unwavering character for the mission God placed on his life.  From top to bottom, JTB preaches the same message to everyone...
Characters of Christmas: Simeon and Anna 2021-11-28

Characters of Christmas: Zechariah and Elizabeth

Zechariah & Elizabeth are blessed to being the first prophet in over 400 years to Israel – John the Baptist.  He came to be the forerunning for Jesus the Messiah – all of this promised in the final words of the Old Testament some 400 years before.  In...
Characters of Christmas: The Angels

Characters of Christmas: The Angels

The news of the coming Messiah is delivered by God’s angels to different people in different situations – and the angels come to each of them in a different way.  What are angles and why do they show up in the story of Christmas?  Why is it significant...