John 1:1-18

Two Central Living Mysteries

This sermon is based on John 1:1-18. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A Series Overview: There are all sorts of theologies. There’s systematic theology, biblical theology, historical theology and practical theology. There is Reformed theology, Lutheran theology, Wesleyan theology, Charismatic theology and Catholic theology. There is Continental theology, feminist theology, African theology, Liberation theology and Asian theology. And we could go on, but that is not the point. So, let me ask you this: Is theology for the head, for the heart, for the feet, or for the mouth? In other words, is theology primarily for believing, for feeling, for doing or for talking? Now, if you answered all of the above, you might be on to something. See, for our theology to be any good for us and for others, it has to be a livable theology. It has to be something

The Unexpected Incarnation

This sermon is based on John 1:1-18. You can also view each week's sermon/worship service on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ncsq_QNvCv61bIwKUpP5A SERIES OVERVIEW: Predictable, predictable, predictable—Christmas has become way too predictable. You’re going to run around too much, spend too much and eat too much. There are going to be Christmas cookies (never enough), Christmas carols (just right) and ugly Christmas sweaters (way, way too many). You’re going to watch at least one Christmas movie (“Merry Christmas, you wonderful old Building and Loan!”) and one Christmas special (“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas means a little bit more.”). And I could go on, but you get the point. Christmas has become predictable, predictable, predictable—which is odd because the first Christmas was anything but predictable. In fact, it was totally unexpected in almost every way (let’s be honest, it was more than that, it was unexpected, unexpected, unexpected). But