Sermon on 'Immanuel - God with us'
In our reading from Isaiah 7, we heard the words: “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” In our...
View ArticleA sermon on Luke 2:1-12
In a few minutes time, before we take Communion, we will say together the Lord’s Prayer, which ends with the words: ‘The kingdom, the power and the glory are yours, now and forever. Amen’. This is the...
View ArticleSermon on John 1:1-14
This passage from John’s Gospel is so well known. We hear it every Christmas and it becomes so familiar that the depth of it is often lost on us. This morning, I just want to pick up on one verse in...
View ArticleA sermon on Matthew 2:1-12
In John 4:23, we read these words of Christ: “The hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father seeks such as these to...
View ArticleSermon on Luke 2:22-40, Presentation of Christ in the Temple
The Temple was a busy place; crowds of people at any time of the day and this day, when Jesus was presented in the Temple, was no different. Crowds of people would have been milling around the temple...
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