Three faithful responses to our coming King
Text: Luke 1:39-56 As of today, we have one week left until Christmas. Christmas is a season with a lot of built in anticipation. That’s entirely normal. Children anticipate gifts. People anticipate Christmas parties. A lot of people anticipate time off from work or school to spend with their families or friends over the holidays. The city goes all out to prepare for Christmas. There’s the tree at Rockefeller Center. Restaurants and department stores put in a lot of effort to encourage people to walk through their doors this month. I read about one restaurant in Gramercy Park that spends $60,000 every year to decorate and prepare the restaurant for the season. I think that holiday anticipation is exciting for us here at BCBC, for two reasons. First, it can help us think about and meditate on Jesus. And second, because of all the holiday excitement around us, we are able to participate in a lot of good outreach, evangelism, and ministry in our community. Sometimes, though, th...