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The promises God made long ago were written for the life you're living right now.
Christmas is the moment the waiting ends. Across five December messages, our pastors traced the story from ancient prophecy to the manger and beyond. We began with the prophecies that pointed to a coming Savior, then the promises God made thousands of years ago that are still changing lives today. From there we watched the story land in real people, like Joseph, who wasn't looking for a miracle but found his whole life rewired by obedience.
On Christmas Eve we celebrated fulfillment, the truth that the thing we've waited for our whole lives is already here, filling the empty places in us. On the final Sunday we looked ahead to what is still to come, the sure hope that carries us into a new year. This series mattered because the hope of Christmas is still here, offered to everyone, right where you are.
December 2023 · 5 Weeks
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”
Isaiah 9:6
Somewhere between two and four hundred prophecies about Jesus were fulfilled in one lifetime. This message opens the Christmas series by tracing the breadcrumb trail from Genesis through Isaiah 9:6-7 and Micah 5:2 to a stable in Bethlehem. Taught by Pastor Mark Addis.
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A newspaper editor read the telegram announcing the first powered flight and threw it away. This Christmas message reads Micah 5:2-5 and Luke 2:8-11, and asks what we are actually looking for in December, and what we will find. Taught by Pastor Tim Rolen.
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The Christmas story told from Joseph's side, by a man who was about to quietly end an engagement. This message reads Matthew 1:18-25 and then follows the pattern forward through Acts 9:1-19 and a run of people whose lives turned over completely. Taught by Pastor Mark Addis.
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Advent is a season of waiting, and this is the morning the waiting ends. This Christmas Eve message reads Matthew 2:1-12 and 1 Peter 1:3-7, asking why men who were not Jewish travelled nine hundred miles to worship a Jewish child. Taught by Pastor Mark Addis.
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Christmas is over, the new year has not started, and Jesus has left instructions for the gap. This message works through the Upper Room Discourse in John 14, 15 and 17, and asks how to live between the promise and the return. Taught by Pastor Kyle Relph.
Watch the messageNew Hope at Christmas is one of several series we walked through in 2023, the year of UnLOCK. Browse the rest of the year, or join us in person on a Sunday.
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