At the end of chapter 2 of Luke - the Christmas Story flashes forward to an episode from the young boy-Jesus' life. He is 12 years old and headed to the Temple in Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover. But, during the trip, Jesus is lost!

Can you imagine how Mother Mary felt? She was entrusted with the caretaking of the Savior of the world...and He slipped through her grasp! Her salvation - gone!

As Christians, we are also given life + salvation. But what happens when it seems to be falling out of our grasp? What is God's posture towards us, when we have failed to live up to the high calling of "Child of God?"

Listen as Pastor Kevin shares the surprising end to Luke's story - and the surprising nature of the Gospel.

In the ongoing Christmas narrative (yes, the Christmas season continues!) -- we see four characters who are "waiting." In Luke 2:22-39: Mary, Joseph, Simeon, and Anna are all waiting for something...from a significant Jewish ritual to the "consolation of Israel."

So...what are you waiting for? What are your overarching hopes in your life? What are they hinging on?

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin explores the "waiting" that we experience. What's it for? What does it say about us? What or who do our hopes hinge on?

Listen and reflect on this continued Christmas story as you consider what you are waiting for...

This final sermon of our Advent series "Foretold," looks at the birth of John the Baptist, and Zechariah's exclamation of praise for the deliverance that God is bringing through Jesus in Luke 1:57-80.

Yet, prior to that, John must come to prepare the way for the Lord. Are you prepared to meet Jesus?

He's coming for you. To deliver you out of darkness and the shadow of death and guide your feet in the way of peace.