All I Want for Christmas: Peace
There is no one like Jesus! Check out his resume in today’s passage. He is the One, the only One, who transforms chaos to peace.
All I Want for Christmas: Peace
Though Jesus had no need to repent and be cleansed from sin, his baptism was the first act that identified him with humanity’s sin and becoming our substitute. His work on the cross would bring us peace.
All I Want for Christmas: Peace
Simeon was a righteous and devout man, full of the Holy Spirit. His heart was set on the peace that God’s Anointed One would bring to his people. He had waited a long time.
CHALLENGED: New Calling
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jrn2021-1202.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) For believers, the greatest adventure is to find our way safely home. But, it will take eyes to see the light of God and ears to hear his call. In this half-hour, Ron Moore...
All I Want for Christmas: Peace
Jesus is the King installed on Zion. And one day every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that he is Lord…Ruler of all!! On that day, the world will finally experience peace.
CHALLENGED: New People
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jrn2021-1201.mp3Podcast: Download (42.3MB) What does the man or woman of God look like? No, not the bigger-than-life-as-seen-on-TV-type. I mean the simple, following God wherever he leads type. A man or woman full of...
All I Want for Christmas: Peace
Israel was in chaos. They lived under the tyranny of Rome. The Jewish people were taxed into poverty. They desperately needed peace. Some thought that peace would come through a military general. Others wanted a political leader to overthrow the Roman government from the inside.
CHANGED: Pushed Out of the Comfort Zone
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jrn2021-1130.mp3Podcast: Download (42.3MB) The mighty gates of hell can’t withstand the church’s witness. But that doesn’t mean they won’t resist our efforts. The persecution that started with Stephen in Acts is a...
All I Want for Christmas: Peace
The prophet Isaiah did not hold back on God’s words of judgment. However, his message included the promise of impending peace. Someone was coming who would change the course of history. Twenty-two times, Isaiah promised that a Deliverer was on the way.
CHANGED: Resolved to Stand Alone
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jrn2021-1129.mp3Podcast: Download (42.2MB) The first Christian martyr demonstrated that life is only worth living if what you have is worth dying for. And so, Stephen did both. He found a life worth living in Christ...
All I Want for Christmas: Hope
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.” Jesus is our great hope!
All I Want for Christmas: Hope
The virgin birth certainly defines history. If Jesus was simply the product of a man and a woman, his life and death were no more significant than yours and mine. We could not even call him a good teacher.
All I Want for Christmas: Hope
Seven hundred years before Jesus came, the prophet Isaiah proclaimed the promise. A virgin would conceive. God’s Son would be born, and his name would be called “Immanuel (which means God with us)” (Matt 1:23). God would come to live among us, and he would never leave us. Immanuel is our great hope.
All I Want for Christmas: Hope
The law does not contradict God’s promises but moves us to God’s promises. The law is the road to hope. And our hope is in Jesus alone. Paul explains that “the Law was our tutor to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith” (Gal. 3:24 NKJV).
All I Want for Christmas: Hope
Jesus is our great Hope. That is the Christmas story in a nutshell. In Jesus, we have significance, security, acceptance, and forgiveness. In Jesus, we are empowered by his Spirit to show the world how the glory of the Lord shines through our lives.
CHANGED: Turned in the Right Direction
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/jrn2021-1124.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) In the shadows of our sin-darkened heart, there is a desperate desire for light. We grope through its depths for the eternal and pure, and only occasionally glimpse the...
All I Want for Christmas: Hope
Hope doesn’t just happen. It is brought about by spiritual discipline and growth. When your children speak at your funeral, I bet they won’t mention the expensive Christmas gifts. Let’s aspire for their focus to be on the gift of Jesus that you allowed them to see in you up close and personal.
CHANGED: Identified with Christ
https://www.ronmoore.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/jrn2021-1123.mp3Podcast: Download (47.5MB) Wouldn’t you like the world to know you’re living a spiritual adventure with a band of like-minded travelers? Well, there is a public initiation for this exclusive body....
All I Want for Christmas: Hope
The new covenant came with a great price. God didn’t ignore sin or sweep it under the rug. He met sin head-on by sending his Son as our substitute to pay sin’s penalty (Isaiah 53:4-6). Jesus said that the new covenant would be instituted through the shedding of his blood on the cross (Matt. 26:27-28; Luke 22:20). In Jesus, there is forgiveness. He is our great Hope!