“Amazing Grace: Songs that Transform Us” – Hymn 744 1. Meticulously remastered hymn lyrics Sometimes when people talk they use difficult, inappropriate or even unintelligible speech. Babies are extremely good at it. We had a video chat with our daughter and son-in-law last Monday, and Kara reported that sometimes...
“The Doxology: Songs that Unite Us” – Hymn 805 Introduction: Songs that everyone sings It seems to me that our world, our communities, our families don’t sing together as much as we used to in the past. I think that the little beeps and noises of video games have...
“New Every Day” – Isaiah 43:1-7; Romans 6;1-11; Luke 3:15-22 Introduction – What did you look like? What did you look like when you got up this morning? Did you have sleep in your eyes? Crud around your lips? Did you have a serious case of bed head? Pillow...
“Perfectly Natural: Growing in Wisdom and Favour” – Luke 2:40-52 1. Jesus grew… AMAZING! Our Gospel reading today is framed by two verses that are as amazing as anything you will ever read. The first verse of our text says: “And the child [Jesus] grew and became strong, filled...
“All the First-born of my Sons I Redeem” – Exodus 13:1-3,11-15 1. Introduction – a great sacrifice? What is a great sacrifice that you have made in your life? What is one desirable thing you have said “no” to for the sake of another desirable thing that you said...
“Wrapped in Swaddling Cloths for our Salvation” – Luke 2:7 It’s Christmas Eve, and the year is almost over. Do you remember last Christmas Eve? Many of our Hope people came to the church in early November to record video clips of Christmas Bible readings and prayers, and others recorded...
“Wait Upon the Lord with Gratitude” – Luke 1:67-79 1. Introduction: A Sign for Zechariah? Our Gospel reading for this service is a song that Zechariah sang after the birth of his son, John the Baptist. Let’s just review… the angel Gabriel came to Zechariah while he was serving...
