SCRIPTURE: Isaiah 9

”We stand between two proclamations, ‘God has come,’ and ‘Come Lord Jesus.’ The first grounds our confidence that the second will be answered. The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus shape our hope in the return, reign, and renewal to come.” Glenn Packiam

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. Isaiah 9:2

They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward. 22 And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness. Isaiah 8:21-22

“Christmas is telling us that we could never get to heaven on our own. God had to come to us.” Tim Keller

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8:12

We are a community of grace…living in the in-between…passionately pursuing life and mission with Jesus.