Second Sunday of Advent<\/p>\n
Reflection (If it's prepared by Bisgrove, it's definitely a step up from the Buddhism quote before) from Michael Green's The Message of Matthew Prelude - Concerto for Trumpet in E-flat Major <\/em>- Johann Neruda Preparation - Rev. David Bisgrove<\/p>\n Choral Introit - Gloria in Excelsis Deo from Gloria <\/em>- Antonio Vivaldi<\/p>\n Hymn: Angels From the Realms of Glory Call to Worship - Isaiah 9<\/p>\n Prayer of Adoration (Concluded by the Lord's Prayer)<\/p>\n Doxology<\/p>\n Silent Praise and Thanksgiving<\/p>\n Prayer of Confession<\/p>\n Private Confession<\/p>\n Confessional Response - Thou Who Was Rich - <\/em>F. Houghton\/T. Jennings<\/p>\n Words of Encouragement - Galatians 4:4-5<\/p>\n Hymn: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear by Edmund Sears, 1850<\/p>\n Announcements<\/p>\n Offering - And the Glory of the Lord<\/em> (Isaiah 40:5) from Messiah <\/em>- G. F. Handel<\/p>\n Scripture Reading - Matthew 1:18-25<\/p>\n Sermon - The Fathers of Jesus - Dr. Timothy Keller Note: Keller mentioned Dorothy Sayers who wrote herself into her detective novel as Harriet Vane who felt pity on Lord Peter Wimsey and married him. Then Keller compared such fiction to cosmic reality when God sent His Son to the world. This reminded me of my answer to the heavy boulder paradox. Sometime yesterday, I also heard someone Janet Mefferd interviewed using God \"writing\" himself into the world (I believe it was the podcast of 12\/12\/2014 Hour 2<\/a>, with Apologist Alex McFarland on what are the 21 toughest questions your kids will ask about Christianity).<\/p>\n Celebration of the Lord's Supper Prayer of Approach<\/p>\n Words of Institution<\/p>\n Prayers for Those Not Taking the Lord's Supper<\/p>\n Distribution of the Bread - In the Bleak Midwinter <\/em>by Christina Rossetti, 1872 - Harold Darke<\/p>\n Distribution of the Cup - What Child Is This<\/em> adapted William Dix, 1865<\/p>\n Prayer of Thanksgiving<\/p>\n Benediction<\/p>\n Dismissal<\/p>\n Postlude - Concerto for Trumpet in E-Flat Major -<\/em> Johann Neruda Second Sunday of Advent Reflection (If it's prepared by Bisgrove, it's definitely a step up from the Buddhism quote before) from Michael Green's The Message of Matthew This [Matthew 1:21-22] does not fit with the modern idea that we are … Continue reading
\nThis [Matthew 1:21-22] does not fit with the modern idea that we are all getting through to God in our own way. No, says Matthew. God has got through to us in this way. And Jesus is no great teacher, no guru, no peer of Mohammed or Gandhi. He is God with us. That is the essential claim on which Christianity is built. It is a claim which cannot be abandoned without abandoning the faith in its entirety.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nI. Allegro<\/p>\n
\nWords by James Montgomery, 1816, 1825Music by Henry Smart, 1867<\/p>\n
\nSecond sermon in series: The Messiah According to Matthew (Advent Series)<\/p>\n
\nThe Apostles' Creed<\/p>\n
\nIII. Vivace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"