Boulder Creek Community Church

A Christmas Carol

-3826 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." 34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" 35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Even Elizabet

Honor Mary, but don’t pray to her.

The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

- Luke 1:26-38 - 26 In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you." 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end." 34 "How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?" 35 The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. 36

Will You Give Me A Drink...?

Matthew 1:23 - "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us").Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."Free CP NewslettersJoin over 250,000 others to get the top stories curated daily, plus special offers!Free CP NewslettersJoin over 250,000 others to get the top stories curated daily, plus special offers!Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."Deuteronomy 31:6 "Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you."Zephaniah 3:17 "The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing."Matthew

Our Daily Bread

Questions to help you dig deeper into Sunday's message: Questions Jesus Asked - Do you love me?

Do You Love Me?

Small Group or Personal Devotional questions to follow up Sunday's message.

Why Do You Call Me Lord And Do Not What I Say?

Do you want to get well ?Do you want to get well John 5 – Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” 7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” 8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

Do you Also Want To Leave Me Now

A Demon's Guide to the ElectionHow C.S. Lewis Addressed National DivisionIn The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis imagines how an experienced demonic operative might advise a younger, less experienced understudy in the intricacies of counter-Christian spiritual warfare. In one passage especially relevant right now, Lewis describes how politics could be used to tempt and thwart a Christ-follower. The setting is World War II Britain.“Uncle Screwtape” says it this way: 'Let [your patient] begin by treating … Patriotism or Pacifism as part of his religion. Then let him, under the influence of partisan spirit, come to regard it as the most important part. Then quietly and gradually nurse him on to the stage at which the religion becomes merely part of the ‘cause,’ in which Christianity is valued chiefly because of the excellent arguments it can produce in favour of the British war-effort or of Pacifism."Note the progression: first, politics is part of religion. Then, politics is the most important part of religion. Th

Seek to edify all!1. Seek to edify! 19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. - Don’t make being right more important than the relationship! - What if sought to serve and encourage every person you ever met? Your greatest aim as a Christian… Is to impact and influence others! Not to be right! If you sacrifice the relationship for being right, then you are wrong… Seeking to edify people builds bridges… harshness… withdrawing burns bridges. And so… before you burn a bridge… or move to another neighborhood to get away from “those” people…. Build a bridge! Your greatest aim as a Christian… Is to impact and influence others! Not to be right! If you sacrifice the relationship for being right, then you are wrong… Seeking to edify people builds bridges… harshness… withdrawing burns bridges. And so… before you burn a bridge… or move to another neighborhood to get away from “those” people…. Build a bridge! 2. Be a learner! Learn to listen! If you don’t thin

Put people before politics

Stephen Mealing