Sorry, We're Closed for Christmas

This year (2005) Christmas day falls on a Sunday. Some churches have announced plans to close their doors on Christmas day! These churches say that church workers and entertainers want to spend time with their families on Christmas. They say it is just being "pragmatic" to close the church on Christmas.

Is this why Christ was born?

Is this why Christ died on the cross?

In today's message, Don begins a short series of messages designed to pull us back from the worldly, “pragmatic” view of Christ's birth. Don seeks to reacquaint us with the biblical, doctrinal, real Immanuel.

Don looks at the Old Testament context for Christ's coming in Isaiah 7:10-16 and the the New Testament fulfillment of scripture in Matthew 1:18-25.