At seven Kamil was smoking; at nine he drank himself unconscious; and one death after another in his family taught him to hate Christmas. His question, if God were really there, would he have allowed all this? opens a reflection on the shepherds of Luke chapter two (Luke 2), men reeking of the stable, to whom an angel announces the birth of a Saviour. The sermon shows why the signs given to the shepherds lead them to the one place they could walk into freely, and why fear has never been a good engine for change. Listen if you have ever thought that the God up there has nothing to do with your life down here.
God Is Here
Wait for the King
When we look at the world with all its social injustice, exploitation, and corrupt politicians, we wish that God would come as King and set things right. The Gospel of Matthew presents Jesus as the promised King who came into the world. Its opening chapters, which tell of His birth, help us understand that this is a completely different King, from a completely different Kingdom than we expected. Yet He is the King we need.
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