Jesus is the “Reason for the Season”. But what were his reasons for leaving heaven and coming here to live among us? Pastor Ryan’s 2024 Advent sermon series “The Reason He Came” explores this question.
Stained-glass windows in St. Malachy’s Church in Castlewellan, County Down, depicting the presentation of baby Jesus by Mary and Joseph to the shepherds (taken September 2020)
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?
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?
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.
The thief who was crucified next to Jesus was a criminal, a villain. Yet through the loving sacrifice of Jesus, the hero, he was not condemned but given new life. (sermon by John McGregor)
Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Scraps from the Table” looks at the seemingly insulting answer Jesus gave to the Syrio-Phoenician woman who asked for help, before then healing her daughter and praising her faith. What can we learn from this troubling encounter?
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