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What is truth? Pilate asks this during the trial of Jesus, when Jesus says he came to this world to bear witness to the truth. What truth does Jesus want us to know?

1 Timothy 1:15-17 (NLT) ; 提 摩 太 前 書 1:15-17 (CUVS)
John 18:37-38 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 18:37-38 (CUVS)

You can also download Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript).

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Jesus says in our passage in John that he came here to save the world, not to judge us, and that he won’t judge the ones who hear his message but don’t obey it. So what happens then at the final judgement on the last day?

1 Corinthians 15:20-23 (NLT) ; 歌 林 多 前 書 15:20-23 (CUVS)
John 12:44-47 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 12:44-47 (CUVS)

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One reason Jesus came to Earth is to make it possible for us to walk closely with God again — which is abundant life for us.

Ephesians 3:17-19 (NLT) ; 以 弗 所 書 3:17-19 (CUVS)
John 10:6-10 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 10:6-10 (CUVS)

You can also download Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript). During the sermon he demonstrated a silly camp chant called “My Name is Bill”. Here is a similar one called “My Name is Joe”.

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One reason Jesus, the second Person of the Trinity, left heaven and came to Earth as a human baby was that God wanted him to, and he always did the Father’s will.

Romans 10:9-13 (NIV) ; 羅 馬 書 10:9-13 (CUVS)
John 6:38-40 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 6:38-40 (CUVS)

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Mary, Zechariah, the Angels, and Simeon all rejoiced at the coming of the baby Saviour. Pastor Ryan’s 2022 Advent sermon series looks at all four of these New Testament songs and prophecies.

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December 22, 2019 – Pastor Ryan Emmons

Micah 5:2-5a  ; John 10:1-18

彌 迦 書 5:2-5 ; 約 翰 福 音 10:11-16

“I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me.”
~ John 10:14 (NLT)
我 是 好 牧 人 ； 我 认 识 我 的 羊 ， 我 的 羊 也 认 识 我  。
~ 約 翰 福 音 10:14 (CUVS)

Painting by Jean Baptiste de Champaigne (1631-1681) (public domain, from Wikipedia Commons)

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December 8, 2019 – Pastor Ryan Emmons

Luke 2:8-20

路 加 福 音 2:8-20

That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep.                                                                                 ~Luke 2:8 (NLT)
在 伯 利 恒 之 野 地 里 有 牧 羊 的 人 ， 夜 间 按 着 更 次 看 守 羊 群 。
~ 路 加 福 音 2:8 (CUVS)

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December 8, 2019 – Pastor Ryan Emmons
“The Shepherd Boy Who Would Be King”

2 Samuel 7:11-17 ; Matthew 1:1-17

撒 母 耳 記 下 7:11-17 ; 馬 太 福 音 1:1-17

The Covenant Promise
David the Shepherd (1,2,3)

This is the record of the ancestors of Jesus the Messiah, a descendant of David and of Abraham.                                                                                                  ~ Matthew 1:1 (NLT)
亚 伯 拉 罕 的 後 裔 ， 大 卫 的 子 孙 （ 後 裔 子 孙 原 文 都 作 儿 子 下 同 ） ， 耶 稣 基 督 的 家 谱    ~ 馬 太 福 音 1:1 (CUVS)