Category: Christmas
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Christmas Meditation: The Invisible Made Visible (John 1:1-18)
These are notes from a sermon Pastor Lusk preached several years ago. This morning we learned that Jesus is the revelation of who God is, of what God is like, of how he has lived from all eternity. Jesus is one with God reveals God as he is in himself. Tonight I want to continue that thought…
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Christmas Meditation: A Day in the Life of God (John 1:1-18)
These are notes from a sermon Pastor Lusk preached several years ago. For most of us, Christmas memories are a vivid part of our life stories. Growing up, we quickly learned to anticipate the Christmas season as the best time of the year. Christmas was a season filled with vivid sights and sounds – the red and…
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An Advent Meditation from Isaiah 11
These are notes from a sermon by Rich Lusk, originally preached on December 12, 2004. G. K. Chesterton is one of my favorite authors. In his wildly funny and futuristic novel Napoleon of Notting Hill, he talks about a game the human race has been playing for a long, long time. It’s a game called “cheat…
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Advent/Christmas Exhortation
Christmas celebrates the incarnation of God’s Son. John describes it as the Word made flesh. Isaiah used the language of “Immanuel,” meaning “God with us.” In the incarnation, God becomes man without ceasing to be God. Jesus Christ, from the point of conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, is…
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Merry Christmas!
Yes, we are technically still in the Advent season for a couple more days, but this is the time of year folks begin to greet one another with “Merry Christmas!” The origin and exact meaning of the phrase “Merry Christmas” is somewhat debatable, largely because the word “merry” has carried different connotations at different times.…
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The Reason for the Season
This time of year, many Christians say things like, “Remember the reason for the season.” The point, of course, is that the real meaning of Christmas must not get lost amidst the presents, the parties, and everything else that typically goes with the Advent/Christmas season. I agree and disagree. On the one had, yes, we…
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