10 Tweets

Here's last weekend's sermon in 10 Tweets, "The Magi" in The Most Scandalous, Mysterious, Barbaric, Controversial Christmas Series

1/ Magi: They weren't kings, we don't know how many and they didn't arrive on the night of Jesus' birth.

2/ Whatever the star was (supernatural, natural & subtle, or an angel), God was leading these pagan Magi to himself.

3/ We look for signs from God, but even signs will take us only so far.

4/ We might sense God’s leadings, nudgings and whispers, but we need to bring all that to God’s Word.

5/ The Bible speaks so specifically to our entire lives that it helps us bring our entire lives into our tough decision.

6/ The religious leaders know their Bibles, but what’s astounding is that they don’t join the Magi in their quest.

7/ The religious leaders aren't out to kill the Messiah, but their children actually do.

8/ Spiritual indifference in one generation is the breeding ground for hostility in the next.

9/ There’s nothing more generationally contagious than the spiritual vitality of parents.

10/ Genuine worship requires inconvenience & effort, relinquishment & surrender, joy & rejoicing, giving & sacrifice.

10 Tweets

Here is Tim's sermon in 10 tweets, The Most Scandalous, Mysterious, Barbaric, Controversial Christmas Series, “The Angels & the Shepherds”

1/ The angels and the shepherds together are a scandalous contradiction. It's the glory of heaven running into the manure in the field.

2/ God speaks good news, and we need to hear it from scripture and from each other.

3/ "God doesn't just do things; he also says things, and we need to know what he says so that we can believe in what he has done." - Phil Ryken

4/ "Aren't you going to introduce me?" Thankfully, the angel knew who he was introducing.

5/ The baby in Bethlehem wasn't just a savior. He was a savior who was the promised king, and God himself - a savior who could truly save.

6/ The sign wasn't the 10,000 angels that were about to light up the sky. The sign was the baby!

7/ At the center of Christianity are the facts of real events with real people. A baby was born, he lived a sinless life, he taught, performed miracles, and was crucified, then rose from the dead.

8/ Don't make the mistake of just assuming the gospel accounts aren't true. But also don't make the mistake of just assuming they are true.

9/ The image of the glorious angels and the humble shepherds point us to a glorious God, who became a humble man, a servant.

10/ The same scene reminds us that God, in his glory, accepts sinners like us, in our filth, because of Jesus.