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Introduction You are sitting in a field under the stars. You and the other shepherds are keeping watch of the flocks. The city is packed full of visitors for the census that the Roman emperor had decreed. It would be quite and calm. Like being out camping at night. Maybe you can hear the voices of other…

Introduction As we come together today and look around it is obvious that there is something going on. From now until the end of the year people will do things that they don’t do any other time of the year. The calendars are filled with a ton of special activates. They will almost be as full as our Amazon…

Introduction Pastoral Reminder: Head Heart Hands 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. Please open your bibles to Romans 4:13 . We will read…

Introduction Pastoral Reminder: Head Heart Hands 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. As we go slowly through Romans it is good to keep…

Introduction Pastoral Reminder: Head Heart Hands 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather…

Introduction If you would like to turn to chapter 4 of Paul’s letter to the Roman’s we will be reading verses 1-8. 1 What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? 2 If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about—but not before God. 3 For what…

Greeting - Prayer Song For the choir director: on the Gittith. A psalm of David. Lord , our Lord, how magnificent is your name throughout the earth! You have covered the heavens with your majesty. From the mouths of infants and nursing babies, you have established a stronghold on account of your adversaries…

Introduction It is good to be back home both with our children and with all of you. If you would turn with me to the end of chapter three of the book of Romans. 21 But now, apart from the law, the righteousness of God has been revealed, attested by the Law and the Prophets. 22 The righteousness of God…

Intro This Psalm i s quoted in Romans by Paul as he explains faith apart from works. And while this is certainly a valid use of the text, I want to cover this text to give the background for Paul’s quotation so that we get to view the radical grace of God from a different angle. Blessed is the one whose…

Introduction The Gospel of God. The good news of Jesus. The hope of believers. The truth that God’s children trust in. That God saves sinners. The God who created the universe, who made men and women in his image. Who breathed life into his creation. The God who saved the rebellious and the wicked, the…