Advent: Preparing for Jesus – No Room
In our busy lives, it’s hard for some people to make room for Jesus. They keep him at a distance. The things of life fill their hearts with temporary satisfaction. But sooner or later temporal things fail to satisfy. The heart of the person who makes room for Jesus is filled, changed, and transformed.
The King’s Arrival
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jrn20191223.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) Imagine you’re a king promising to share the table of your subjects. But when you finally arrive their houses are dilapidated, dirty and desperately messy. Ron Moore is...
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – Road Trip
When God sent his Son into the world, he did not make it easy for the parents or the child. He stripped the Anointed One of every royal privilege. Already tagged as an illegitimate child, Jesus breathed his first breaths of air in a musty stable. Jesus learned obedience through suffering…all the way to the cross.
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – Christmas Commotion
Maybe something has changed your plans this Christmas. A job that didn’t go the way you expected. An illness that showed up uninvited. A relocation. A separation. A broken relationship. The loss of a loved one. Sometimes things seem to happen so randomly. But for the believer, God is always in control. Hold on! He is using today to prepare you for tomorrow. He will never waste your time.
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – King of Kings
The sovereign God used Augustus to move His chosen couple from Nazareth to Bethlehem. As the Proverb says, “In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him” (Proverbs 21:1).
Zechariah’s Song
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jrn20191220.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) At the first Advent, John the Baptist was chosen by God to be the “voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord.” So who is God calling to prepare...
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – The Lord Saves
We all need a Savior to save us from the sins that separate us from God. That’s the eternal salvation that Jesus came to give us! Once our eternal salvation is in place, we can trust Him for the other issues. But we must start with first things first.
His Name is John
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jrn20191219.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) Who are you? In a broken and desperate world, where do you fit? What purpose do you serve? Today Ron Moore shares three principles that will give you purpose, direction,...
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – God With Us
The Promise was not a politician who came to change the laws of the land. The Promise was not a philosopher who came to teach morality. The Promise did not come as a military leader ready to take troops into battle. The Promise did not appear as a religious leader paving a way for man to work his way to God. The Promise “became flesh and made his dwelling among us.”
Mary’s Song
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jrn20191218.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) How do you respond when God asks you to do something difficult? Something that could alienate your closest friends? Something that could alter your life forever? For...
A Broken and Messy World
Today many people are living in fear. For some, the fear was brought on by post-election disappointment or disillusionment. Some are filled with anxiety as cable news commentators proclaim that our country is near economic collapse. Some are terrified at the news...
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – The Incarnation
Jesus was born to unmarried parents and carried that stigma with Him for the rest of His life. Jesus was stripped of all royal privileges, all the way to the cross. Nate Saint, who gave his life for Christ as a missionary, said it this way: “If we could only grasp the significance of the Incarnation, the word sacrifice would disappear from our vocabulary.”
Angelic Proclamation
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/jrn20191217.mp3Podcast: Download (23.8MB) What does it mean to know Jesus? What is it to accept Him on His terms? What must our attitude be as we welcome Him into our lives? Ron Moore is here to answer those...
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – The Virgin Birth
The virgin birth, however hard to explain, is something we need to know. Every aspect of our faith and hope for eternal life hinges on this truth. If Jesus were simply a product of a man and a woman, His life and death mean nothing more than yours or mine.
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – The Lineage (Part 2)
There are some surprising people included in Jesus’ genealogy. Yesterday we considered several observations about Matthew’s list (Matthew 1:1-17). Today we will consider four women in Jesus’ lineage.
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – The Lineage (Part 1)
Matthew’s genealogy answered the important question that a Jew would ask of the person who claimed to be the Messiah. Jesus is a royal descendant from King David and has the rightful lineage of the Eternal King.
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – Zechariah’s Prayer (Part 2)
God was with John as he grew and “became strong in spirit.”
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – Zechariah’s Prayer (Part 1)
God came to rescue. God promised to send a deliverer “as he said through his holy prophets of long ago.” In Jesus, this promise was fulfilled. Jesus came to rescue us from the world, from our sin, from the devil, and from death.
Advent: Preparing for Jesus – A Special Assignment
Not everyone knew about Gabriel’s visit to Zechariah regarding the birth of John the Baptist, the one who would prepare the way for Jesus. But the manner of his birth to parents well past childbearing age, and Zechariah’s recovered speech left them “filled with awe.” They knew that this child was destined for a special assignment, “For the Lord’s hand was with him.”