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Old Testament: Isaiah 61:10-62:3

Psalter: Psalm 148

Epistle Lesson: Galatians 4:4-7

Gospel Lesson: Luke 2:22-40

Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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When we come to Christ we fulfill our potential as image-bearers of God. But without receiving and using the gift of salvation we are like an unopened present, whose value goes unrealized. God beckons us to him and when we respond and receive the gift, He restores us to the original image in which He created us, and we are then given a new heart ( Read more... )

Did you know that Christmas is not a day, but a season? Christmas on the church calendar is a season that begins December 25th and ends January 6th with the observance of Epiphany - yes, there are really twelve days of Christmas! In our modern society, however, we've front-loaded the season, meaning that we place more empasis on the preparation ( Read more... )

There is nothing at all remarkable about the birth of Jesus. No chronicler stood by to record the exact day and time of his birth. No human herald declared it in the streets of Jerusalem. Certainly very few even noticed that this child was born in Bethlehem and laid in a manger with the animals, born of meager means, born to unremarkable parents ( Read more... )