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Audio Recording Sermon InfoSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Lessons & CarolsOn the following passages from Luke's Gospel Luke 1:26-38 Luke 1:46-55 Luke 2:1-21

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the LordIsaiah 9:1-7 (ESV)1 But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.2 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.3 You have multiplied the nation;    you have increased its joy;they rejoice before you    as with joy at the harvest,    as they are glad when they divide the spoil.4 For the yoke of his burden,    and the staff for his shoulder,    the rod of his oppressor,    you have

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the LordIsaiah 7:1-17  (ESV)1 In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it. 2 When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake before the wind.3 And the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Washer's Field. 4 And say to him, ‘Be careful, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah. 5 Because Syria, with Ephraim and the son

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the LordIsaiah 6:1-13  (ESV)1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said:“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;the whole earth is full of his glory!”4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a burning coal that he had taken with tongs from the altar. 7 And

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the LordIsaiah 5:1-7  (ESV)1 Let me sing for my beloved    my love song concerning his vineyard:My beloved had a vineyard    on a very fertile hill.2 He dug it and cleared it of stones,    and planted it with choice vines;he built a watchtower in the midst of it,    and hewed out a wine vat in it;and he looked for it to yield grapes,    but it yielded wild grapes.3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem    and men of Judah,judge between me and my vineyard.4 What more was there to do for my vineyard,    that I have not done in it?When I looked for it to yield grapes,    why did it yield wild grapes?5 And now I will tell you    what I will do to my vineyard.I wi

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the LordIsaiah 2:1-5  (ESV)1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.2 It shall come to pass in the latter days    that the mountain of the house of the Lordshall be established as the highest of the mountains,    and shall be lifted up above the hills;and all the nations shall flow to it,3     and many peoples shall come, and say:“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,    to the house of the God of Jacob,that he may teach us his ways    and that we may walk in his paths.”For out of Zion shall go forth the law,    and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.4 He shall judge between the nations,    and shall decide disputes for many peoples;and they shall beat their

We encountered some technical difficulties. There are excised gaps of about a minute at 7:00 and 24:40. The full sermon is available in audio only below. Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Come, Let Us Walk in the Light of the LordIsaiah 1:1-20  (ESV)1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;    for the Lord has spoken:“Children have I reared and brought up,    but they have rebelled against me.3 The ox knows its owner,    and the donkey its master's crib,but Israel does not know,    my people do not understand.”4 Ah, sinful nation,    a people laden with iniquity,offspring of evildoers,    children who deal

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: Reformation Sunday1 Timothy 1:15-17  (ESV) 15 The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. 16 But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost, Jesus Christ might display his perfect patience as an example to those who were to believe in him for eternal life. 17 To the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.Sermon OutlineHow do we give God alone the glory? 1. We need to see ourselves more clearlyv. 15-16: The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost. [16] But I received mercy for this reason, that in me, as the foremost…2. We need to see God more clearlyv. 15: The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: SabbathMatthew 11:25-12:14  (ESV)25 At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; 26 yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: SabbathLeviticus 23:3, Colossians 2:16-19, Revelation 1:9-11  (ESV)3 “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places.Colossians 216 Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. 17 These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. 18 Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, 19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.Revelation 19 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the

About 3 minutes are missing at minute 18:09 due to technical difficulties. The missing minutes are available in the audio recording.Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: SabbathLuke 13:10-17  (ESV)1 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. 11 And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” 13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. 14 But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” 15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: SabbathAmos 8:1-14 (ESV)1 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. 2 And he said, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A basket of summer fruit.” Then the Lord said to me,“The end has come upon my people Israel;    I will never again pass by them.3 The songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day,”declares the Lord God.“So many dead bodies!”“They are thrown everywhere!”“Silence!”4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy    and bring the poor of the land to an end,5 saying, “When will the new moon be over,    that we may sell grain?And the Sabbath,    that we may offer wheat for sale,that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great    and deal deceitfully with false balances,6 that we may buy the poor for silver &nb

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: SabbathExodus 16:13-30 (ESV)13 In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp. 14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’” 17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as muc

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: SabbathDeuteronomy 5:12-15 (ESV)12 “‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.Sermon OutlineBe clear on what is first in your life (make sure it is God) and guard that priority with how you organize your time (v14).1. Remember That

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: SabbathGenesis 1:26-2:3; Exodus 20:8-11 (ESV)26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”27 So God created man in his own image,    in the image of God he created him;    male and female he created them.28 And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” 29 And God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food. 30&nbs

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Micah 6:6-8 (ESV)6 “With what shall I come before the Lord,    and bow myself before God on high?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,    with calves a year old?7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,    with ten thousands of rivers of oil?Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,    the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”8 He has told you, O man, what is good;    and what does the Lord require of youbut to do justice, and to love kindness,    and to walk humbly with your God?Sermon OutlineWalking with God is the key ingredient missing in most efforts for a good life.1. Wholeness for a Good Lifev8 “do justice… love kindness… walk humbly with your God”2.  Weariness as a Symptomv3  “In what have I wearied you?”vv6-8 

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Charles DrewSermon Series: PoliticsPsalm 97  (ESV)1 The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice;    let the many coastlands be glad!2 Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.3 Fire goes before him    and burns up his adversaries all around.4 His lightnings light up the world;    the earth sees and trembles.5 The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,    before the Lord of all the earth.6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness,    and all the peoples see his glory.7 All worshipers of images are put to shame,    who make their boast in worthless idols;    worship him, all you gods!8 Zion hears and is glad,    and the daughters of Judah rejoice

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Psalm 77 - With God in the DarkPsalm 77  (ESV)To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.1 I cry aloud to God,    aloud to God, and he will hear me.2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;    my soul refuses to be comforted.3 When I remember God, I moan;    when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah4 You hold my eyelids open;    I am so troubled that I cannot speak.5 I consider the days of old,    the years long ago.6 I said, “Let me remember my song in the night;    let me meditate in my heart.”    Then my spirit made a diligent search:7 “Will the Lord spurn forever,    and never again be favorable?8&nbs

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Psalm 77 - With God in the DarkPsalm 77  (ESV)To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.1 I cry aloud to God,    aloud to God, and he will hear me.2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;    my soul refuses to be comforted.3 When I remember God, I moan;    when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah4 You hold my eyelids open;    I am so troubled that I cannot speak.5 I consider the days of old,    the years long ago.6 I said, “Let me remember my song in the night;    let me meditate in my heart.”    Then my spirit made a diligent search:7 “Will the Lord spurn forever,    and never again be favorable?8&nbs

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Psalm 77 - With God in the DarkPsalm 77  (ESV)To the choirmaster: according to Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph.1 I cry aloud to God,    aloud to God, and he will hear me.2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;    my soul refuses to be comforted.3 When I remember God, I moan;    when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah4 You hold my eyelids open;    I am so troubled that I cannot speak.5 I consider the days of old,    the years long ago.6 I said, “Let me remember my song in the night;    let me meditate in my heart.”    Then my spirit made a diligent search:7 “Will the Lord spurn forever,    and never again be favorable?8&nbs