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Call to WorshipO mighty God, Your blessed Son was manifest in the flesh that He might destroy the works of Satan and make us to be the sons and daughters of God most high, and heirs of eternal life. And so we ask that You would grant us that, having this hope we may purify ourselves even as He is pure. That when He shall appear again with power and great glory, we may be made like to Him in His eternal and glorious kingdom, where with You, O Father, and You, O Holy Spirit, He lives and reigns ever as one God, world without end. We ask that You would meet with us this day, speak to us by Your word enable us to worship in spirit and in truth receiving all the glory to Yourself, for we ask these things through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Luke 2:1-7It's a Boy If you have your Bibles…

The Lord's Day Morning December 18, 2005 Luke 2:1-7 “Lying in a Manger” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke, chapter two. As you do so, I want to ask you a question: What do you think about when you think about the Christmas story? When you hear it read, as we do every year at the Christmas Eve Service, what are the things that you think about? What do you learn? What do you notice? What do you love the most (in particular) about the Christmas story? Think about that as we read God's word. Before we do, let's pray. Lord God, this is Your word. It is true. If there is any shadow of a doubt in our hearts about that, we pray that by Your Spirit You would make it clear to us that this is not fantasy, this is reality. But…

The Lord's Day Morning December 23, 2007 Luke 2:1-7 Nine Lessons and Carols The Sixth Lesson The Significance of Christ's Birth” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2. In the King's College “Service of Nine Lessons and Carols” the Sixth Lesson is introduced with the words, “Luke tells us of the birth of Jesus.” In the King James translation there is no more famous or elegant paragraph in…

The Lord's Day Evening December 12, 2004 Luke 2:8-11 “Good Christian Men, Rejoice” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, we'll begin in Luke 2 at verse 8. And, if you'll open your hymnals to number 207, we will cross-reference from Luke 2 back to the hymnal again. We've said in this series on the Songs of Christmas that it is our desire to do at least three things. One is that we want you to understand the words of these familiar and beautiful and beloved carols…

The Lord's Day Morning December 19, 2004 Luke 2:13-14 “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you’d take your hymnals in hand and turn with me to No. 203, we’ll look at the text of this hymn that the choir has so beautifully sung, and we’ll consider it before we read the passage upon which it is based. We’re going to be looking at Luke 2, verses 13 and 14, and this carol by Charles Wesley, one of the many hundreds of carols that he wrote, is one of the best…

The Lord's Day Morning December 5, 204 Luke 2:21-35 “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Let me invite you to take your hymnals in hand …we’ll turn to the Scriptures in just a few moments, but take your hymnals in hand and turn with me to No. 196. After the sermon today as we close our service in praise, we're going to sing the first and the fourth stanzas of Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, those two stanzas in this hymn written by Charles Wesley. This is…