Sermon - Lander Free Church

We have read the accounts, and heard the recorded testimonies.   Through songs and prayer we experienced the thrill of the Christmas story and birth of Jesus.  But now that the day we celebrate is past,  what is next for Jesus?  What is next for us?  Thanks for listening as we close out the Advent Season as we move into the new year of 2025.

The next edition of Matthew's Christmas story focuses on the fulfillment of three prophecies.  Read Matthew 2:13-23 and thanks for listening. 

Matthew turns to a story unique to his gospel, the coming of the Magi, and we must sadly ruin a few carols and many nativity scenes when we discover what Matthew actually wrote about this event. Read Matthew 2:1-12 and thanks for listening! 

Matthew continues his focus on Joseph with the annunciation in a short passage that beautifully highlights Joseph, Mary, and Jesus. Read Matthew 1:18-25 and thanks for listening!

The Season of Advent begins and we turn to Matthew's account of the incarnation of the Second Person of the Trinity, starting with.... a genealogy. Read Matthew 1:1-17 and see you Sunday.

Our final sermon in Exodus, we see the conclusion of this story as well as hinting at the next as we ponder the Gospel in the Old Testament. Read Exodus 40 and thanks for listening. 

Our largest chunk yet, we take 5 chapters all at once, primarily because there is so much repetition here from earlier. But why such repetition? Read Exodus 35-39 and thanks for listening. 

God restores the Mosaic Covenant after the Golden Calf because of who he is, and there is also a slightly humorous mistranslation. Read Exodus 34 and thanks for listening.

While the Golden Calf is very well known, some of the aftermath is less discussed, particularly the importance of the presence of God. Read Exodus 33 and thanks for listening!

Right there with the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea, the Golden Calf is one of the most iconic moments in Exodus, but it is less often seen in the full context of the story of redemption up to this point. Read Exodus 32 and thanks for listening! 

Another large section, we look at the instructions for the priesthood in the Mosaic covenant and again contemplate what this tells us about Jesus and who we are meant to be. Read Exodus 28-31 and see you Sunday. 

Three chapters this week, we look at the blueprints for the tabernacle and ponder God's instructions for his dwelling place among his people. Read Exodus 25-27 and see you Sunday.

Having looked at the Covenant and Law, we now arrive at its ratification, and hopefully see some New Testament parallels. Read Exodus 24 and thanks for listening! 

We speed up again and take the whole Book of the Covenant in one go, trying to understand the forest even if we miss a few trees along the way. Read Exodus 21-23 and thanks for listening!

We finish the Decalogue this week with the horizontal commandments and seek to understand what they reveal about humanity. Read Exodus 20:12-26 and thanks for listening. 

We slow down as we discuss the first three of the Ten Commandments and explore how they reveal who God is and who we should be. Read Exodus 20:1-7 and thanks for listening. 

God shows himself at Mt. Sinai and the covenant relationship with Israel changes before the Law begins in earnest. Read Exodus 19 and thanks for listening.

Israel's journey continues in the wilderness as they approach Sinai and face additional challenges. Read Exodus 17:8-18:27 and thanks for listening!

We continue the journey in the wilderness, as well as the murmuring and God's faithfulness. Read Exodus 16-17:7 and thanks for asking. 

We turn back to the Old Testament and the Exodus story, but pick up where we left off, after most of the famous stuff has already happened. So what are the rest of these chapters for? Read Exodus 15 and thanks for listening. 

Luke 24: 13-35 

Hebrews 11

Paul concludes this letter to the Corinthian church with a theme of community landcare.  Read I Corinthians 16:1-24 and thanks for listening. 

Paul concludes his final topic of the resurrection with beautiful imagery about the power of God and last exhortation to live life in light of the Gospel. Read 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 and thanks for listening! 

Paul turns to his final subject, the resurrection of Jesus that forms the central message of the gospel which he is calling the Corinthians to live in light of. Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-34 and thanks for listening!