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Rock Point Church · all sermons
Pastor Bill Bush · Dec 25, 2020
In a year defined by powerlessness and lost control, Christmas speaks directly to that pain: it is the announcement that God did not stay distant but dove into the darkness with us. The shepherds — poor, outcast, stuck — experienced no change in their circumstances after seeing Jesus, yet they left glorifying and praising God. The only thing that changed was where they looked. True joy, peace, contentment, and fulfillment are never found in what life presents, good or bad, but in the presence of the One who gives life. That is what Emmanuel — God with us — means, and that is the irreducible heart of Christmas.