From Isaiah 11 we learn that Jesus is the promised King and that his kingdom will be a peaceful kingdom.

One of the things we learn from Isaiah is that God is the only one who brings true, lasting hope. In Isaiah 9 Hope comes in the form of a child who will reign as king forever.

Apart from the bad news of the curse, there is no good news of the beautiful and righteous reign of Christ on the earth. Isaiah reminds us in chapter 4 that the "branch of the Lord" will bring joy, restoration and healing to all the earth.

From Luke 1 we're reminded of how great is this mystery—that the Son of God, being truly divine, would through his birth also become truly human. God chooses to unite himself to the human race in the only possible way for salvation to occur.

We are reminded in John 21 that the gospel is a love story. It's the story of how God's love pursues, restores and transforms a lost people.

From John 20 we learn that Jesus has the power to say, "Peace be still," and to rebuke the wind and the storm that comes in the form of your greatest fear.

Pastor Chip closes the Advent season preaching from John 1, and reminds us that God's love has come to us in the person of Jesus Christ. From eternity past God's redemptive plan would require the Son of God to give his life in order to rescue his people from their sin.

Preaching from John 1, Pastor Michael shows us how the incarnate Christ, the full measure of God's grace, redeems, restores and delivers us from fear.

Preaching from John 1, Pastor Chip reminds us that the baby born in a Bethlehem stable was the eternal, timeless, Son of God; through whom all of creation came into existence. His light would dispel the darkness, bringing the hope of salvation to those who believe.