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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Burning Passion” talks about how the risen Jesus’ explanations about the scriptures burned in the hearts of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Do our hearts burn within us when we read scripture? What can we do to (re-)ignite the flame?

2 Kings 23:1-3 (NLT) / 列 王 紀 下 23:1-3 (CUVS)
Luke 24:25-34 (NLT) / 路 加 福 音 24:25-34 (CUVS)

Here is a PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript) for you to download.

Here is a YouTube video with the music Pastor Ryan references in his sermon:

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Who Will Move the Stone?” talks about the stone that blocked the women’s access to the tomb on Easter morning when they went to prepare Jesus’ body for burial, not knowing yet that he had risen. What is the stone in our own lives that keeps us from following Jesus, and how will it be moved aside?

1 Corinthians 15:3-9 (NLT) / 歌 林 多 前 書 15:3-9 (CUVS)
Mark 16:1-8 (NLT) / 馬 可 福 音 16:1-8 (CUVS)

Here is a PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript) for you to download.

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “The Lord Needs It” talks about the donkey that Jesus rode when he entered Jerusalem the week before the Passover. In particular, it talks about what the Lord needed from the owner of the donkey, and now, from us.

Zechariah 9:9-10, 16-17 (NLT) / 撒 迦 利 亞 9:9-10, 16-17 (CUVS)
Mark 11:1-11 (NLT) / 馬 可 福 音 11:1-11 (CUVS)

Here is a PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript) for you to download.

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“Emmanuel” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is in the Advent series “And He Will Be Called…” that talks about the names of Christ from the “O Antiphons”. These are a series of prayers from the early church liturgy, used in the week before Christmas and best known to us in the song “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. This one is from Isaiah 7:14:

Isaiah 7:14 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 7:14 (CUVS)

14 All right then, the Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).

14 因 此 ， 主 自 己 要 给 你 们 一 个 兆 头 ， 必 有 童 女 怀 孕 生 子 ， 给 他 起 名 叫 以 马 内 利 （ 就 是 神 与 我 们 同 在 的 意 思 ） 。

Luke 2:1-7 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 2:1-7 (CUVS)
Luke 2:8-20 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 2:8-20 (CUVS)

Sermon Notes

Here is a PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript) from the sermon.

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Pastor Ryan’s Advent series for 2023 sermon is called “And He Will Be Called…”. It is based on the names given to the Messiah in the O Antiphons, a set of prayers from the early church liturgy that is best known to us in the verses of the carol “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”. He looks at the four verses in the hymnal that we use, one for each of the Sundays in Advent.

December 3: Desire of Nations
December 10: Wisdom
December 17: Dayspring (Rising Sun)
December 24: Emmanuel

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“Day Spring” by Pastor Ryan Emmons is in the Advent series “And He Will Be Called…” that talks about the names of Christ from the “O Antiphons”. These are a series of prayers from the early church liturgy, used in the week before Christmas and best known to us in the song “O Come O Come Emmanuel”. This one is from Isaiah 9:2.

John 1:1-9 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 1:1-9 (CUVS)
Isaiah 9:1-5 (NLT) ; 以 賽 亞 書 9:1-5 (CUVS)

Sermon Notes

Here is a PDF of Pastor Ryan’s sermon notes (not a transcript) from the sermon.

Sermon Image by Jeff Jacobs on Pixabay