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Sermons from Starkville First United Methodist Church’s contemporary service. Pastored by Rev. Brian Gordon
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Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
The Crew is back as we dive deeper into week 3 of Advent. We'll look at the story in Luke's Gospel about how the angels appeared to the shepherds.
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Christmas is the season where we sing songs like Joy to the World, but not all of us experience joy during the advent season. Life has robbed us of our joy. Our hearts are burdened as we carry forward. While we are surrounded by others celebrating the holidays, our hearts are heavy. The promise of joy is the promise the angels made to the shepherds: Good news of great joy for all people.
“But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for see—I am bringing you good news of great joy for all the people: to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.”
Luke 2:10-11 NRSV
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+2%3A+8-20&version=NRSV
Friday Dec 11, 2020
Friday Dec 11, 2020
There are many seemingly contradictory things. Things must die in order to live; giant sequoias depend on fire to reproduce. Jesus tells us that to truly live, we must die. But what does that mean?
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Pastor Charlie gives an Advent Chapel lesson on Hope. He explains why not only Christ's followers are waiting, but why the whole world is waiting for Christ's return. The central passage is Romans 8.
Delivered Live on December 10th to Starkville Christian School 7th-12th graders
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
The crew is back as we dive into week 2 of Advent. This week we focus on the promise of Love. We'll dive into how Jesus modeled this for us
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
Sunday Dec 06, 2020
So much of our world as we know it is difficult, out of place, and not as it ought to be. The things we have hoped for, the plans we have made, the promises we pin all our dreams on, fail us time and time again. God knows...that is why he sent his son Jesus. At advent we not only look back to the messiah who came, but celebrate the promise of the messiah who will return. All our hopes, all our desires, all our dreams hang on the promises of Christmas. The arrival of Jesus is the fulfillment of God’s promised supreme loving act. Becoming one of us and humbling himself to be born in a manger, to be with us. He loved us so much that he became one of us so that we could know his love, and carry that love with us to the world.
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Friday Dec 04, 2020
Winter is here. It's a dark time in the world and for the church, but we hold onto the faith that spring is coming.
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
We're back with a new crew as we dive deeper into the themes and promises of Advent
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
The world we live in can seem hopeless. No matter how hard we try, we can find our circumstances too much to bear. Without hope it is very difficult to face the next day. We can endure if we have hope. The world that Jesus was born into was not any different. People struggled for purpose, for meaning, to provide for their families. The people of God had been waiting for the promised messiah for generations. The star over Bethlehem meant the promised arrival of the hope of this world has come.
Sunday Nov 22, 2020