Repentance Means Change
Sermon: Repentance Means Change
Text: Luke 3:1-14
Focus: God forgives those who repent of their sins.
Function: That they would live changed lives as a sense of repentance.
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In Those Days: A Decree Went Out
Sermon: In Those Days: A Decree Went Out
Text: Luke 2:1-3
Focus: Jesus’ birth took place in real history in the geo-political context of Roman Empire.
Function: That they would pray for and obey their leaders.
Facing Advent
Sermon: Facing Advent
Text: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13
Focus: When Christ returns in glory on the Last Day, we will see him face to face.
Function: That they would live in holiness and joyful expectation of Christ’s Second Advent.
Bad Girls Begat Jesus: Bathsheba
Sermon: Bad Girls Begat Jesus: Bathsheba
Texts: 2 Samuel 11:1–12:15; Matthew 1:1, 6b-11
Focus Statement: God forgave David when he confessed his sin.
Function Statement: That they would repent and confess their sins to God, confident of his grace.
Confessing Christ
Sermon: Confessing Christ
Text: John 1:6-8, 19-28
Focus Statement: John the Baptist confessed that he was not the Christ.
Function Statement: That they would joyfully point people to Jesus, not ourselves.
The Beginning of Baptism
Sermon: The Beginning of Baptism
Texts: Mark 1:1-8
Focus Statement: God forgives our sins in Holy Baptism.
Function Statement: That they would daily confess their sins in a return to their Baptism.
Stirred Up
Sermon: Stirred Up
Texts: Psalm 80
Focus Statement: God hears and answers our prayers.
Function Statement: That they would be confident of God’s good and gracious will.
The Word and the Wonder: God’s Word to Simeon and Anna
Sermon: The Word and the Wonder: God’s Word for Simeon & Anna
Text: Luke 2:22-40
Focus: God keeps his promises.
Function: That they would not give up hope in prayer.
Bad Blood?
Sermon: Bad Blood?
Text: Matthew 1:1-17
Focus: Jesus’ genealogy shows that God includes all kinds of scoundrels in his family.
Function: That they would rejoice in the Good News of God’s forgiveness for them.
The Word and the Wonder: God’s Word for Joseph
Sermon: The Word and the Wonder: God’s Word for Joseph
Text: Matthew 1:18-25
Focus: Jesus forgives his people’s sins.
Function: That they would rejoice in God’s gift of grace born at Christmas.