Matthew 1:18-25 I Caleb Schut

We are getting nearer and nearer to Christmas! This week, we will hear Matthew's account of Jesus' birth and we will light the fourth Advent candle. The theme running throughout Sunday's service is Emmanuel, God with Us. What does it mean for God to be with us? For Joseph and Mary, this news brought frightening circumstances in the form of an unexpected pregnancy. For the wisemen, it meant falling into the clutches of Herod. 

God is with us. Yet this good news is cloaked immediately by a broken world. We'll consider all of this together on Sunday.