This Christmas season at Summitview, we are using classic songs from Christmas to remind ourselves of the most joy-giving truths given to mankind. In addition to the sermons each week, we will be sharing weekly devotionals. We will share the stories of common Christmas songs and how they remind us of those truths.
As part of a personal or family devotion time, read Luke 2:8–14 and freshly unpack and consider the words spoken by the angels announcing the birth of the savior of all the nations!
This Christmas season at Summitview, we are using classic songs from Christmas to remind ourselves of the most joy-giving truths given to mankind. In addition to the sermons each week, we will be sharing weekly devotionals. We will share the stories of common Christmas songs and how they remind us of those truths.
As part of a personal or family devotion time, I highly encourage you to watch a live video performance of the Hallelujah chorus, by searching for it online. Make sure you have good sound – so not your phone or laptop speakers. Stand, or raise your hands, or cry, or all of the above, as you behold a glimpse of the glory of God through this song! Most of all, as you watch the Hallelujah Chorus, I hope it stirs your heart in worship of King Jesus.
This Christmas season at Summitview, we are going to use classic songs from Christmas to remind ourselves of the most joy-giving truths given to mankind. In addition to the sermons each week, we will be sharing the stories of other common Christmas songs.
For those who want to go deeper into today’s devotional, consider studying Psalm 98 alongside the lyrics to Joy to the World, pondering on the connection between the baby born in the manager and the King of King who will come to judge the world.
Linger around the coals of ancient Christmas truths, fanning them through song until a flame of Christmas joy is rekindled in our hearts.
I didn’t deserve to be loved or welcomed by God, but he demonstrated his love in this: while I was still his enemy, Christ died in order to welcome me into his eternal family.
Our culture today seems to have a totalizing narrative. As in, you must fall 100% in line with the program, or else you’re the enemy.
Thanks to this brightly lit piece of electronic bliss in my pocket, I can literally see into anywhere on the planet.
As pastors, we are convinced that we need to invest time digging into the topic of justice.
We can so easily choose to view worship as simply an act that we engage in Sunday mornings, but why does God command this of us?
The word “belief” occurs ninety-eight times in John, far more than any other book of the Bible.
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