[Sunday] Odd Epiphany - Emmanuel: Joy in the Midst
Under Epiphany's odd light, a star guides foreign Maji’s steps to Bethlehem, A jewish King looks like Pharaoh caring nothing for the messiah, and The holy family seeks refuge in Egypt. This light of the kingdom exposes the normalized oddity of God’s salvation.
New Song This Week.
Above “Song for this week” has Grace’s Recording
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What Had happened at Grace this week.
We are the recipients of God's overflowing grace and boundless love. This gift transforms our very identity, compelling us toward a life of radical gratitude and contagious generosity. Let's fully embrace this joyful way to live by sharing our time, talents, and resources.
Moving past a fearful view of evangelism, the richer meaning of the Great Commission is found in Christ's established authority, which turns our lives into a confident declaration of His victory.
The richer truth of Genesis 1 is that God's creation was a deliberate, harmonious song that continues, through Christ, to restore the dissonance of our chaotic world.
Overturning the common belief that grace is reluctantly earned, the freely given reality of the Gospel is that God's salvation flows from His eager delight to love and forgive us.