In 2005, conservative author John Gibson released his book, The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than… Read More »The Real War on Christmas and Why Jesus is More Than the Reason for the Season
One of the things many of us enjoy about this time of year is the music. We love the songs of the season. We enjoy singing them in church services like we will this morning. We love listening to Christmas songs on the radio.
I want to play a little game with Christmas songs right now. I’m going to give you a clue and I want you to guess the song from the clue. I’ll read the clue out loud. Then you shout out what you think the song is. I’ll then show you the name of the song:Read More »Christmas Presence: Celebrate (Luke 1:46-56) December 23, 2012 – Sunday Morning Message
In this series we’ll reflect on the Advent Scriptures in the Revised Common Lectionary as a way of enabling us to celebrate the birth of Christ. 14 Sing… Read More »When God Comes to Town (Advent 2012)
This morning we kick off a new series called “Christmas Presence.” This morning I’m joined by Highland’s preaching apprentice Frank Bolling. Let’s pray and then Frank and I will share the message with you…
Frank Bolling
Christmas was only a few days away, when the unthinkable happened. Their house burned down. (Show picture of House Fire) Everything in it lost, destroyed by the fire and smoke. I wonder what Amanda Thomas and her 2 little children thought as they looked on at the scene with fire fighters trying desperately to put out the flames that consumed their life right before their eyes. Fear, loss, hopelessness. Officer Priest, one of the officers at the scene, came up to Amanda after the incident and said, “Don’t worry about Christmas. We’ll take care of Christmas. I promise you that.” I have heard promises before that weren’t kept, promises that seemed too good to be true. I wonder what she thought. No one keeps promises like that. This is hopeless. But I wonder what she thought only three days later when a patrol car brought them to their new rent house, freshly painted, prepped and furnished. The officers also presented her with gift cards, renter’s insurance, and a check for $10,000. An unbelievable gift to which Amanda Thomas’s reaction was “it’s more than I could ever ask for.” A promise fulfilled!Read More »Christmas Presence: He’s Coming (Jer. 33:14-16; 1 Thess. 3:9-13) Chris Altrock and Frank Bolling – December 9, 2012 – Sunday Morning Message