When we tell the Christmas story we generally start with the story of Jesus and his parents. But, in our lead up to Christmas, we are going to look at the story through the lives of people we typically don’t think of as part of the story. Here in Luke’s gospel, the biblical account of Christmas begins with Jesus’s cousin John, as Luke describes the unusual circumstances leading to John’s birth. So, today we will think about Zechariah and Elizabeth and their part in the Christmas story. They form the link between the revelation of God in the Old Testament and that in the New Testament. When Zechariah is finally able to speak, nothing could hold him back in praise of God and what he had done and was about to do, through his son, John and the coming Saviour. We, too, have the opportunity to share that same good news that Zechariah announce. We get to tell the gospel that brings us to faith and sends us out to witness, as we share the Christmas story.
Passage: Luke 1: 5-25; 57-80
Preacher: Jim de Witte

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In this passage we join Philip on a road through the wilderness. He is trudging on this road on a mission from God, unsure what he will find, but none-the-less faithful. He ends up running alongside a chariot of a man he’d never met before, all to share the good news of Jesus Christ with him in the middle of the desert. Here we are given the scene of a divinely ordained encounter that reminds us again that the growth of the church was a result of God opening the doors for his word. If this was the case then, it means that God is still opening doors for his word to touch people hearts and lives through us. When the door of opportunity opens for you to speak about Jesus, what is your response?
Preacher: Jim de Witte
Passage: Acts 8:26-40

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Preacher: Jim de Witte
Passage: Mark 10:13-16

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