Jesus as King
Luke 1:26-38
 
NRS Luke 1:26 ¶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, 27 to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and [...]

Jesus as SageColossians 1:28-2:5 
We have over these last couple of weeks been asking the question, Who is Jesus? But not from the point of view of scholars seeking to understand the historical Jesus was. We are seeking the Jesus in the story, what the relationship is between the Jesus in the story, the historical Jesus, [...]

Jesus as ProphetMatthew 1:18-25 and Isaiah 7:10-16 
Our Advent series is asking the question, Who is Jesus? I went into a rather long explanation last week as an introduction about the number of answers that people have had over the last couple of thousand years. Most recently we have had the Jesus Seminar. A group of [...]

Jesus as Priest
Hebrews 4:14-5:10  During Advent this year, what we’re going to be doing, is asking ourselves the question, Who is Jesus?  Before I read the text I want to talk about that question. Who is Jesus?” is a question that has been asked by the Christian tradition since the very beginning. Each time people [...]