“I AM the Light of the World”

December 7, 2015September 25, 2019 BigSpringsAdvent, Christmas, John 1, John 8, light of the world

Isaiah 9:1-7; John 1:1-9; 8:12 (text) December 6, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Why is Christmas traditionally a season of lights? Many want to outdo one another in lighting up their homes, malls and other buildings with multi-colored lights and decorations. We’re all amazed at the creativity of those who surround their homes with all kinds of lighted decorations. Most people in the northern hemisphere say that it’s because they want to brighten long, dark winter nights. But even in tropical countries where it is not…

Sermons

True Food and True Drink from Heaven

December 1, 2015September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 10, Advent, Christmas, John 6, Numbers 11, true drink, true food

Numbers 11:4-13; John 1:14; 6:51-59 (text) November 29, 2015 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Today, we start the season of Advent this year 2015. Advent is a time of remembering and giving thanks to God for his most precious gift: Jesus his only-begotten who was born a true human baby to save his people from their sin. Advent and Christmas are two of the most cherised and beautiful Christian traditions. However, every Advent season, there are naysayers, many coming from Reformed circles, that Christmas, or any…

Acts KSYC Program Luke

Glory to Man, Glory to God

January 28, 2015January 28, 2015 BigSpringsActs 2, Babylon, Bethlehem, Christmas, Luke 2, Pentecost, shepherds, speaking in tongues, tower of Babel

Genesis 11:1-9 (text); Luke 2:8-14; Acts 2:1-11; Revelation 7:9-12 December 14, 2014 (KSYC) • Download this article In 1889, the race to build the tallest building in the modern world began when the 896-foot tall Eiffel Tower in Paris was built. In 1931, Empire State Building in New York became the tallest building in the world at 1,250 feet. But in 1967, the Ostankino Tower in Moscow towered over it at 1,762 feet. In 2007, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, literally went over the top at…

Christmas Church Blog KSYC Program

The Shepherd-King from Bethlehem

December 21, 2014December 21, 2014 BigSpringsBethlehem, Christmas, Good Shepherd, Isaiah 40, Matthew 2, Micah, prophecy, Psalm 23

Micah 5:2-5 (text); Psalm 23:1-6; Matthew 2:1-11 December 21, 2014 KSYC (Yreka, CA) • Download this meditation (PDF) “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days… And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD” (Micah 5:2-4). This Sunday before Christmas we will focus on the little town of Bethlehem and the wise…

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Liturgy for December 21, 2014

December 18, 2014December 18, 2014 BigSpringsAdvent, canticles, Christmas, Luke 1, Psalms, Reformed worship, Song of Zechariah

Welcome and Announcements Coming into God’s Presence * Song of Praise and Adoration: “O Come, All Ye Faithful” #193:1-3 (Brown Hymnal) * Call to Worship: Psalm 148 * Opening Prayer * Invocation: Psalm 124:8 Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. * God’s Greeting: Galatians 1:3-5 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever…

Christmas Worship

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

December 17, 2014December 19, 2014 BigSpringsAdvent, canticles, Christmas, Luke 1, Psalms, Reformed worship, Song of Zechariah

Welcome to our Festival of Lessons & Carols on December 21, 2014 • 12:30 – 1:30 PM. Download this liturgy (PDF) Through readings from God’s Holy Word, we will recount the dramatic history of salvation. We will survey the whole panorama of redemptive history from the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3, through the promises to the Patriarchs, the Prophets, the Psalms, and to their climactic fulfillment in the Gospels: the Incarnation of the Eternal Word. Finally, we look forward to the return of the God-Man to this earth in…

KSYC Program

Of Christmas Trees and the Tree of Life

December 9, 2014 BigSpringsChristmas, Christmas tree, Genesis 2, paradise, Tree of Life

Genesis 2:8-9, 15-17; 3:22-24 (text); Galatians 3:13-14; Revelation 2:7; 22:2, 14, 19 December 7, 2014 • KSYC 103.9FM (Yreka, CA) • Download this devotional (PDF) Every Christmas season, we never stop hearing naysayers that Christmas is a pagan holiday, or at least originated as a pagan festival. They argue that December 25 as the birthdate of Jesus was an adaptation of the pagan celebration of the winter solstice called Saturnalia or the Sol Invictus festival to encourage pagans to convert to Christianity. But is this historically true? Many scholars have…

Christmas Sermons

“A Horn of Salvation”

December 7, 2014December 18, 2014 BigSpringsAdvent, canticles, Christmas, Luke 1, Psalms, Reformed worship, Song of Zechariah

Psalm 18:2; Luke 1:67-71 (text) December 7, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear People of God: When you hear of horns, what do you most often think of? Of course, you think of horned animals such as bulls, bucks, male sheep, or even unicorns. But Christians also think of a person who has horns, a red cape and a pitchfork: Satan the devil. In the ancient world, horns usually symbolized power, sexual prowess and fertility, so their gods usually had horns. In Egypt, Isis had a headdress horns and…

Schedule of Sermons, Scriptures and Songs for Christmas Series

December 3, 2014July 8, 2017 BigSpringsAdvent, canticles, Christmas, Luke 1, Psalms, Reformed worship, Song of Zechariah

Everyone in the area is invited to join us for a joyful and reverential worship of God the Father and His Son Incarnate on December 7, 14 and 21. December 7: “A Horn of Salvation” Psalm 18:2; Luke 1:67-71 Song of Praise and Adoration: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” #169:1-4 (Brown) Hymn of Confession and Assurance: “Now Blest Be Isr’el’s Lord and God” (Azmon) Hymn of Application of the Word: “Angels, from the Realms of Glory” #340:1-4 (Blue) Doxology: “Angels, from the Realms of Glory” #340:5 (Blue) December 14: “To Remember His…