Christmas
Behold the Lamb of God
Good evening and welcome to the recording of this morning’s message. First, there are two video’s, one by Andre Rieu’s orchestra and singers, O Holy Night, and secondly, from Joshua Aaron, Oh Immanuel.
There is a link following these two videos to a presentation of ‘The Heart of Christmas’, a presentation by Juliet Dawn and Brenda Taylor, made especially for this Christmas. The presentation is available from 7pm onwards this evening.
The recording of today’s message follows at the foot of the page. Today we looked at the full account of the beginning of Jesus’ first coming.
Every blessing, Andy.
Tradition or Truth
Good evening. Here is today’s recording of Jeff’s message, preceeded by two worship videos. The first, Light of the World by Tim Hughes, the second, How Great is our God by Chris Tomlin.
Every blessing, Andy.
Eve and Mary
A friend sent me this picture and the commentary of it below. It is a beautiful picture and message. Praying you will be blessed by it this Christmas.
This picture. It takes my breath away. I first saw this beautiful drawing from Monastery Candy last year and I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind since. Read the rest of this entry »
Newsletter December 2017 (inc. calendar)
The newsletter for December is now available online here: Dec 2017 newsletter
(here is the link to ‘The related timings of the births of Jesus and John the Baptist‘)
Jesus, the reason for the season
This year Hanukkah and Christmas both occur at the same time. Hanukkah, which is described as the Feast of Dedication in John 10:22-23, and which Jesus celebrated, is fulfilled by the miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit of baby Jesus by Mary (Luke 1:26-56). And Christmas, of course is when we celebrate the Lord’s virgin birth. However, in amongst all the commercialism and busy-ness of the season, it’s good for us to be reminded of who and what it’s all about. Here’s an extract from a Chuck Missler article to help us:
The Names of Jesus Christ
Names have great significance in the Bible. A name was not just the label that differentiated one person from another, but often described something about the person. The name Abraham is translated “Father of a multitude”, Jacob means “supplanter” and David “beloved”. The most important names in the Bible, however, describe God Himself. Through His names, God expresses the reality of who He is. God does not cloak His identity and distance Himself from His creation. Instead, we have a God who desires to be known: Read the rest of this entry »
Join us for our Carols Service
Join us this Sunday as we celebrate the miraculous conception and birth of the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.
We will be singing a selection of traditional Christian carols, liberally sprinkled with Bible readings, and we’ll be taking a brief look at what the whole Christmas thing actually means for us in 2016.
As someone said this week, it sounds like a riot! Predictably not, but it will be a great time and we’d love to have you with us!
6pm, Sunday 18th December at St John Fisher Church Hall, Waltham Road, Scartho, Grimsby DN33 2NA.
Happy Christmas!
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His Name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government there will be no end, upon the Throne of David and over His kingdom, to order and establish it with judgement and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will perform this.
Isaiah 9:6-7
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