Isaiah 53:10-12

Our Savior’s birth was a great gift from God.  But we must understand that this gift of God is embedded in the grief of God’s heart which is connected to the grief in our hearts.  

But God had a plan. The birth of the Savior was a wonderful announcement but it brought with it a pronouncement of...

Luke 2:8-14

As we continue our Advent series, Luke writes of The Announcement of a Savior.  Generally speaking an announcement is a memorable moment or historical moment in time. There are many kinds: The announcement of an engagement, a marriage, the birth of a child, a graduation, the death of a loved one, and even historical announcements for all of humanity. Such is the case here in Luke 2:8-14...

Isaiah 59:1-21

In our continuing Advent series we’re going to look at Isaiah chapter 59. We can see that Israel is in one of its darkest moments in its history.  We read that Israel, and all of mankind, is on a spiraling path of destruction in a vacuum of hopelessness. However, even in the darkest of hours there is Hope. Their hope was found in...

Genesis 6:5-8

Do you pick up a book and begin reading from the middle? When you watch a movie do you fast forward to the middle and start watching there? I hope that you don’t! It would be difficult to follow any story if you didn't begin at the beginning. If you read the whole book, listen to the whole story, and watch the entire movie, you will understand why things...