No More Normal: Victory?

Reading: Genesis 3:8-15; Isaiah 43:16-44:5

This is the last of our "No More Normal" sermons for this Advent; we'll be picking up the series again in January after a brief break. It seemed appropriate to end this phase of the series by proclaiming the hope of victory, which is all too often not the norm in the Christian life.

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Preached on December 19, 2010 at PLWC.

No More Normal: Weak or Strong?

Reading: Isaiah 52:13-53:12; 1 Corinthians 4:8-16

Once again, we used an un-Christmasy text for our Advent sermon this week. Usually we want to focus on the cute baby in a manger, but this time we looked at the Suffering Servant and what that tells us about our own lives as Christians and as a church.

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Preached on December 12, 2010 at PLWC.

No More Normal: Which Spirit?

Reading: Joel 2:1-2, 12-18, 28-32; Isaiah 11:1-10

This is the second in our "No More Normal" series. This week our focus was on the Holy Spirit's role in Christmas and how if He's involved, things should be anything but normal.

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(Sorry, no recording this week — technical difficulties.*)

* "Technical difficulties" means "I forgot to set the timer to start the recording." Oops.

Preached on December 5, 2010 at PLWC.