Stuart Presbyterian's Podcast

Simeon's song reminds us that we can have hope in the midst of the waiting. We can hope for Jesus is our hope in the hopelessness.

Mary's Song of Worship is intense and humble. She is clear that the object of her worship is the Lord and Savior. She has reason to worship.  She worships because of God's redemptive history and she is assured God will continue those mighty acts in Jesus.

In Jesus, we can have peace with God. It is peace from our past, peace in the present, and peace for the future.

Christmas and Christmas Songs are beautiful and even enchanting. But what about when life is not so "Holly Jolly?" Well, we still have songs of faith and one of those which is part of the birth of Jesus is Zechariah's song in Luke 1:67-79. Zechariah and the Israelites had been waiting a long time for the Messiah - more than 400 years in fact. We learn something from Zechariah and even more so from Jesus about what to do while we are waiting.

This message looks at the final two pieces of the whole armor of God: the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit.