- Listen to the bells being rung, God’s promise of peace, hope, and salvation breaking into the world, even in the midst of suffering.
Questions for the Week: Kingdom Way: Bells on Christmas
Have you ever experienced a moment in your life when you felt like you could hear "bells" breaking through a time of pain or despair? How did that moment impact you?
Read Matthew 2:13-23 (See also Exodus 1:1-13). What similarities do you see in Matthew to what God’s people went through in Exodus? How is God always at work saving His people in both accounts?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day during the Civil War, a time of personal and national struggle. How can we find hope in difficult circumstances, even when it feels like there is no peace?
The sermon compared the despair at the cross with the hope of Jesus’ resurrection. How does knowing that Jesus was raised give you hope when facing struggles or brokenness in your life?
Notes for the Sermon
Information on Charles Longfellow
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This sermon could just as easily be titled YHWH I AM EGO EIMI. Today we are going to take a journey to the Land of Holiness. When we get there, we will still be here.. Yes, that is a paradox. No, we are not going to leave this sanctuary. This is a journey of the heart, of the soul. Once we know where holiness lives, it will come alive in us.