Passage: Luke 1:67-79 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection Sermon Summary We all long for a world invested with meaning and hope, and we are a people hungry for praise. And yet, disappointment with God can shut our mouths to praise. Zechariah’s story, in Luke 1, is a story of how God brings people…
Category Archives: Advent: Songs of the People
God Reorders Power
Passage: Luke 1:46-56 Guide for Group Discussion or Personal Reflection Sermon Summary Mary’s Song, or the Magnificat, situated at the beginning of Luke at the start of the Christmas story, is an ideal transition between the Old and New Testaments. It highlights the Old Testament themes of longing, desire, oppression, justice, mercy, faithfulness and trust,…