Isaiah 6:1-7 | “A Vision of God”
Sunday morning sermon audio from Preston Highlands Baptist Church.
Isaiah 11:1-9 | “A Perfect King Brings Us to a Perfect Place”
[display_podcast] Joy and Pain at Christmas This season of the year brings with it a full range of emotions. It’s a season of great joy and anticipation. Perhaps more than other times of the year, we feel optimistic about the future, excitement about life, and a contentedness and peace about how things are. We experience joy and pleasure because we get time off from work and time with family and time to rest and think and play and worship. Christmas is the “most wonderful time of the year” for [...]
Isaiah 9:1-7 | “The Paradox of Christmas”
Small Presents Are the Best As kids, we thought that the biggest present under the tree was going to be the best present under the tree. We knew that the medium size boxes were clothes so we didn’t get excited about those. And the small boxes were usually extras and add-ons that went with the present in the big box. It’s funny how as we get older we start looking forward to the smaller boxes because they might have jewelry or gift cards or, in my case, books. The [...]
Isaiah 7:14 | “A Sign from God”
Loneliness at Christmas Loneliness is something that we all feel at times. In a culture that is highly connected through social media, we still feel isolated and alone. We’ve all been in restaurants and seen families or friends sitting together around a table but ignoring one another because they’re all on their phones or tablets. This explains the title of a recent book by Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. Around the holidays, many of us will struggle with loneliness [...]