Is Christ in Your Christmas Carols?
Christmas is a time when music is everywhere (and we notice it). While Jesus' birth might have been a silent night, it hasn't been so recently. Yet Christmas music often offers us much more than nostalgia and fuzzy feelings; in its lyrics we find a God so good that he came down from glory, took on human flesh, and lived as Immanuel, God with us.
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Is Christ in Your Christmas Carols? "Away in a Manger"
12.08.23. How historically and biblically accurate are some of our classic Christmas carols? Pastor Mike strips away the music as we examine the lyrics of some of our favorite songs. First up: how often do we think about the environment in which Jesus was born? "Away in a Manger" isn't a picture-...
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Is Christ in Your Christmas Carols? "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"
12.15.23. What does "hark" even mean? And what about "herald"? Those answers are somewhat easy. But it's the rest of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" that will get our brains working and our hearts swelling as we realize just how amazing it is that Jesus came down to earth for us. Pastor Mike conti...
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Is Christ in Your Christmas Carols? "Joy to the World"
12.22.23. What makes "Joy to the World" a must for every Christmas service even though—spoiler—its writer did not intend for it to be a Christmas song? It has the one thing we all deeply long for: lasting joy. That kind of eternal joy can only be found in one person. Pastor Mike finishes this ser...
