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“Love,” Matthew 1-2

Advent, from a Latin word for coming, is a time for waiting, a time of preparation to celebrate Jesus’ birth, but it is also a longing to see Jesus when He comes back again. Hope, peace, joy and love are different focuses of this very important period. In today’s sermon, in our last week of...

“Loved to Love” John 15:12
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“Loved to Love” John 15:12

The last night of Jesus’ life, before his arrest, his death and resurrection, began with these words from John 13:1, “It was just before the Passover feast. Jesus knew the time has come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now...

Revelation 3:14-22, “The Other Side of Rebuke”
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Revelation 3:14-22, “The Other Side of Rebuke”

Jesus gave the church at Laodicea probably the most famous rebuke of all times, “I am about to spit you out of my mouth.” As we talked about two weeks ago he used an analogy that they were familiar with. He said, “I could wish you were cold or hot so then because you are...