... that God is with us in the person of Jesus Christ. And here’s what Christ wants to be born anew in our hearts in this Advent/Christmas season. May he be born in your heart today. 1. Reader’s Digest, date unknown. 2. Cited by Jim Hammond, http://vvchristianchurch.net/Sermons/B2S15.htm. 3. Adam Christing, Comedy Comes Clean (New York: Three Rivers Press, 1996). 4. Rev. Craig Ross, http://www.stpeterslutheran-lanc.org/worship/2005_sermons/01.02.05.pdf. 5. http://www.appleseeds.org/Christmas‑quotes.htm.
... a moment, touch your forehead, and say gratefully, “I am baptized!” 1. (Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1994). 2. http://www.walnutgrovebaptist.com/Sermons/2007/2007 01 07.htm. 3. http://www.stpaulseattle.org/sermons/Lent1_06.html. 4. Rev. Daniel W. Matthews, http://www.finleypres.org/worship/sermons/20030112.htm. 5. Jim Hammond, http://www.vvchristianchurch.net/Sermons/CR2.htm. 6. Thomas C. Pinckney, http://tcpiii.tripod.com/mark1c.htm.