Full Manger, Empty Tomb

Passion City Church DC Podcast

Passion City Church

Washington Dc, Religion & Spirituality, Benstuart, Sermons, Passioncitychurch Dc, Passion, Messages, Church, Christianity

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🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Why were the angels so excited at the birth of Jesus? Because they understood what the savior had come to do. Join us as Pastor Ben Stuart finishes our series through the book of Mark with a hopeful message on Christmas Eve! Key Verses // Mark 16

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Passion City Church DC podcast. To learn more about Passion City Church, including our gathering times in Atlanta in Washington, D.C.
0:11.5	Visit us online at Passion City Church.com.
0:15.0	Today's talk comes from Pastor Ben Stewart.
0:20.0	Well at the outset let me address something that you may be thinking. You may think Ben, I believe this is a Christmas service, but it seems to me you just read an Easter passage.
0:33.2	I'm no churchologist, but it seems that you've got your holidays mixed up.
0:37.7	Shouldn't you be focused on a full manger and not an empty tomb? You got a nice church here but it just seems like that's a bit
0:46.1	of a rookie move to get a Christmas service and have an Easter sermon. What are you doing?
0:53.7	Well, let me just say, number one, take it easy, okay?
0:58.2	And number two, let me say, we've been journeying this fall through the life of Jesus as a church.
1:04.4	We spent 15 weeks journeying through the Gospel of Mark.
1:07.2	If you weren't with us on the journey, you can look on YouTube,
1:10.2	podcast, wherever, and kind of walks through the life of Jesus with us.
1:13.7	And this is where we've come to the end of that journey.
1:17.5	And we knew that this was going to happen.
1:21.5	And this wasn't just like, oh well, happenstance, we knew it was going to happen and we were
1:25.9	excited that we were going to talk about the resurrection of Jesus at Christmas where we typically
1:31.2	talk about the birth of Jesus.
1:33.1	And you go, well, why was that exciting to you?
1:35.9	Well, let me explain it this way.
1:38.9	Angels actually don't make that many appearances in the Bible.
1:44.0	They're supporting characters in the larger story.
1:48.0	But I want to tell you what gets angels fired up.
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