A Life Changing Story

December 24, 2019

Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC

Christmas Eve
Luke 2:1-20

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Sources:

Wood, Charles. “Theological Perspective on Luke 2:1-20.” Feasting on the Word: Year A, Volume 1: Advent Through Transfiguration, Editors: David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor. Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, 2010.

Thurman, Howard. “The Inward Journey.” Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana. 1961. P. 63.

God Is With Us

December 22, 2019

Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC

4th Sunday of Advent, Year A
Matthew 1:18-25, Isaiah 7:10-16

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Sources:

Rice, Gene. 1977. “Interpretation of Isaiah 7:15-17.” Journal of Biblical Literature 96 (3): 363. ATLA0000762861

Wegner, Paul D. 2011. “How Many Virgin Births Are in the Bible? (Isaiah 7:14): A Prophetic Pattern Approach.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 54 (3): 467.  ATLA0001860110

Brown, C. R. 1890. “Exegesis of Isaiah VII. 10-17.” Journal of Biblical Literature 9 (1): 123.

Troxel, Ronald L. 2003. “Isaiah 7,14-16 through the Eyes of the Septuagint.”

Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses 79 (1): 1–22. ATLA0001371089

Wegner. 472-473.

Klein, Ralph W. 2001. “Isaiah for Advent.” Currents in Theology and Mission 28 (6): 566. ATLA0001407636

Tilson, Everett. 1980. “Homiletical Resources: Exegesis of Isaiah Passages for Advent.” Quarterly Review 1 (1): 8–35. ATLA0000786856

Sacred Work, Sacred Ground

December 15, 2019

Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC

3rd Sunday of Advent, Year A
Matthew 11:2-11, Isaiah 35:1-10, Psalm 146:4-9

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Refining Spirit

December 8, 2019

Church of the Servant, Wilmington, NC

2nd Sunday of Advent, Year A
Isaiah 11:1-10, Matthew 3:1-12

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