Resources from Christmas
The Lord's Day Morning
December 30, 2007Matthew 2:1-12
Nine Lessons and Carols
The Eighth Lesson
Born by the Book
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 2:1-12. We are working our way through the “Nine Lessons and Carols” of the King's College Christmas Service. We are at the Eighth Lesson today, which deals with...
The Lord's Day Evening
December 30, 2007
John 1:1-18
Nine Lessons and Carols
The Ninth Lesson
God with God
Dr. Derek Thomas
We come this evening to the Ninth and final Lesson in the series known as “The Service of Nine Lessons and Carols.” Over the month of December, through the Sundays of December (bar one of the services, where we had the “Music of Christmas”) we've been...
The Lord's Day Evening
December 23, 2007
Luke 2:8-20
Nine Lessons and Carols
The Seventh Lesson
Peace by Piece
The Reverend Mr. Bradford C. Mercer
Now if you will turn in your Bibles to Luke 2, we’ll be looking at verses 8 through 14. We won't read the entire passage; we’ll be looking at Luke 2:8-14. Before we read God's word, let's pray.
Lord, we thank You once...
The Lord's Day Morning
December 23, 2007Luke 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...
Wednesday Evening
December 19, 2007
Psalm 22
Nine Lessons and Carols
“Great Prophecies of the Messiah in the Old Testament”
Dr. Derek W.H. Thomas
Now turn with me if you would to Psalm 22. And first of all, a word of explanation. On Wednesday evenings in December, to complement the “Nine Lessons” that occupy for Sunday...
The Lord's Day Morning
December 16, 2007
Luke 1:26-38
Nine Lessons and Carols
The Fifth Lesson
Offspring of a Virgin
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn in your Bibles if you would to the Gospel of Luke We are looking at this extraordinary liturgy that's been around now for over a hundred years or so from Cambridge, the Nine Lessons and Carols, and these Lord's Days...
The Lord's Day Morning
December 9, 2007
Isaiah 9:2-7
Nine Lessons and Carols The Third Lesson:
A Light for Those in Darkness
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
Dr. Derek Thomas:
“Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth.” Let us worship God.
We...
The Lord's Day Evening
December 9, 2007
Isaiah 11:1-9
Nine Lessons and Carols
The Fourth Lesson
Christmas for Animal Lovers?
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. Now as Ligon reminded us this morning this is “Isaiah day”... (or “I-zaa-ah” day!) It's fascinating why in the Nine Lessons and Carols why they chose the particular texts that they chose. For example, many of us, I suppose, if...
Amen. Please be seated. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to the book of Genesis, chapter 22, as we look at the second of the Nine Lessons and Carols.
This morning Derek pointed us to that passage which contains the first giving of the gospel and which sets in context the whole story of redemption. And you’ll already begin to...
The Lord's Day Morning
December 2, 2007
Genesis 3:8-19
Nine Lessons and Carols The First Lesson
Christmas from Afar
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Amen. Now turn with me if you would to Genesis 3, and we're going to read together…as part of our Advent celebration here at First Presbyterian Church, we're going to read...
The Lord's Day Morning
December 24, 2006
Luke 2:29-32
Luke's Christmas Liturgy
Nunc Dimitis
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke, chapter two. We come today to the fourth of those songs of the Nativity in the Gospel of Luke that we've been...
The Lord's Day Evening
December 24, 2006
Philippians 2:6-11
“Jesus Is God and Man”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
[Dr. Duncan]:
Our Lord and our God, our hearts rejoice at the very thought of Your gracious sending of Your Son into this world for the salvation of all who rest and trust in Him. Grant that this Christmas and always we would trust the Savior and...
Now turn with me in your Bibles to the second chapter of Luke's Gospel, and we're going to look at The Gloria. We've just heard Pergolesi's rendition of the angels’ song at Bethlehem.
Now let's set a scene. It's the nighttime. An angel has appeared to shepherds on the hillsides of Bethlehem. The hillsides of Bethlehem are strewn with sheep, lambs.... The temple sacrifices in...
The Lord's Day Morning
December 10, 2006Luke 1:67-79
“Luke's Christmas Liturgy:
Benedictus: Covenant Mercy and Remembrance”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke 1, as we continue to work through Luke's Christmas Liturgy, this set of four songs in the early chapters of The Gospel of Luke that give us a unique window into...
The Lord's Day Evening
December 10, 2006
I John 4:1-3; II John 7
“Jesus Became a Man”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now these Sunday mornings in December we've been looking, and will continue to look, at four of the songs that we find in the Gospel of Luke, all referring to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ — His birth and incarnation. And then...
The Lord's Day Evening
December 3, 2006
John 1:1, 14-18
“Jesus Is God”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to John, chapter one.
Even as on the Lord's Day morning we're going to be working through three Christmas hymns, or psalms or songs...
The Lord's Day Morning
December 3, 2006Luke 1:46-55
“Luke's Christmas Liturgy:
Magnificat: Mary Was a Shorter Catechism Girl”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Amen, and as Ligon was saying earlier, of course, the choir has just been singing what is the text this morning, The Magnificat, the song of Mary. So turn with me now in your Bibles to Luke 1, and we're going to read...
Now turn with me, if you would, to the Gospel of John and the very first chapter. And as you’re doing that, let me wish you a Merry Christmas — what's left of it. I trust that you’re not too full of what my son calls tryptophan, which is the chemical in turkey which makes you sleepy. I want us now to take up this evening briefly...
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter two, as we come to the eighth of nine studies in the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols that we've been looking at all December long.
Let me just remind you before we read chapter two, the first twelve verses, of the Gospel of Matthew, of what Matthew has told us...