http://www.aleethia.com "The LORD will march out like a mighty man, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies." Isaiah 42.13 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:16:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-christ-victorious/ http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-christ-victorious/#comments Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:30:54 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=1111
So far in our series on Christmas we’ve looked at Christmas as a time of hope, Christmas as the birth of the King, Christmas as the incarnation (God becoming man), and today I want to look at Christmas as an invasion. God becoming man, the birth of the King, our hope of deliverance, these things [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-christ-victorious/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-god-becomes-man/ http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-god-becomes-man/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:03:27 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=1100
Read Luke 1:5 – 2:21 When we began looking at the Christmas story several weeks ago, we read in Isaiah that Jesus would be called Immanuel. The name means “God with us.” Immanuel – God with us, in our nature, in our sorrow, in our daily work, in our punishment, in our death, and now [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-god-becomes-man/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-the-birth-of-the-king/ http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-the-birth-of-the-king/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 23:54:19 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=1092
Read Matthew 1-2 This is the Christmas story as the Apostle Matthew retells it for us. Matthew’s account is taken up with one major idea: Jesus is the King. Everything in this story is meant to convey that message. Let’s begin with the genealogy itself and unpack this idea more fully. Luke’s geneology is a [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-the-birth-of-the-king/feed/ 0 http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-a-season-of-hope/ http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-a-season-of-hope/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:36:26 +0000 Brance http://www.aleethia.com/?p=268
As we approach December 25th, the country (the world) is gearing up for the celebration of Christmas. The most commercial of holidays. It is the time of year when everyone is buying gifts and throwing parties. Lots of candy will be eaten, stories of Santa will be told, and the beginning of Jesus’ life on [...]]]> http://www.aleethia.com/christmas-a-season-of-hope/feed/ 0