Pastor Tritten continues teaching on Colossians.

This sermon on Matthew 1:18-25 talks about the importance of pausing to soak in the good news of Jesus' birth and the names he received from His Father. Looking at the story of Jesus' birth through Joseph's experience gives a different perspective to the more well loved account from Luke 2.

Pastor Tritten continues teaching on Paul's letter to the Colossians.

Matthew 3:1-12 records John the Baptist's ministry baptizing at the Jordan River in the wilderness. He called his hearers to repentance and faith. He also confronted the sin of those who came to him. In particular he confronted graceless religion and beliefs that reject God's Word. These attitudes still tempt us today, so we do well to hear John's call to repentance as we look to the One who came after John for our cleansing and forgiveness.

Madeline L'Engle's Advent poem, First Coming, led Pastor Tritten into a meditation on Galatians 4:4-5, which says, "When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, ..." There is much that we wait for in this life, including Jesus' return. Still, there is plenty of oportunity to act because God took action to save us by Jesus' birth.

As we begin the season of Advent, Matthew 24:36-44 reminds us that no one knows when the last day will come. How should God's people live in the meantime? We watch and wait in faith.

In this sermon, Pastor Tritten draws from Moses's sermon in Deuteronomy 8:1-10 to remember all the good that God has done for us and to bless, that is, give thanks, to Him.

Pastor Tritten preaches on Malach 3:13-18 in which God gives His people a message of condemnation and a message of comfort. The condemnation confronts our sin, and the comfort reminds us that God says, "You are mine!"

Pastor Tritten continues his study of Colossians.

Pastor Tritten continues his study of Colossians.