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Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 14 in total of Faith Church Indy with the tag “advent”.
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Prince of Peace | Isaiah 9:1-7
December 9th, 2025 | 36 mins 3 secs
advent, christmas, church, faith, hope, isaiah
Advent, which means “coming” – or from the Latin “to come to” – illustrates the biblical teaching of trusting in God and waiting for a fulfillment of his promises. We need Jesus. We long for God to fix this mess we live in. Not only is the world messed up, but so are we. We hurt people without meaning to. We misjudge and are misjudged. We know we need God to make us right and to make the world right. We pray and watch for signs of his coming… and we wait, and wait, and wait in hope for evil to be stopped, for good to come, for love to enter our lives and our world.
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Hope | Isaiah 11:1-9
December 5th, 2025 | 34 mins 29 secs
advent, christmas, church, faith, hope, isaiah
Advent, which means “coming” – or from the Latin “to come to” – illustrates the biblical teaching of trusting in God and waiting for a fulfillment of his promises. We need Jesus. We long for God to fix this mess we live in. Not only is the world messed up, but so are we. We hurt people without meaning to. We misjudge and are misjudged. We know we need God to make us right and to make the world right. We pray and watch for signs of his coming… and we wait, and wait, and wait in hope for evil to be stopped, for good to come, for love to enter our lives and our world.
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Longing for Christmas | Luke 2:8-20
December 29th, 2024 | 18 mins 40 secs
advent, church, faith, home, longing
Why do we long for Christmas? Why do we look forward to the holiday, every year? We have turned the season into a celebration of family and togetherness, of gifts and nostalgia, of anxiety and family conflict. But the reality of Christmas goes much deeper, because our longing for Christmas is really our longing for someone to bring us home, to tell us we belong, to speak blessing over us, and to make things right. This year’s Advent series shows us how Christmas fulfills four of our deepest desires: for blessing, belonging, justice, and home.
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Harmony | Luke 1:67-79
December 23rd, 2024 | 29 mins 44 secs
advent, church, faith, home, longing
Why do we long for Christmas? Why do we look forward to the holiday, every year? We have turned the season into a celebration of family and togetherness, of gifts and nostalgia, of anxiety and family conflict. But the reality of Christmas goes much deeper, because our longing for Christmas is really our longing for someone to bring us home, to tell us we belong, to speak blessing over us, and to make things right. This year’s Advent series shows us how Christmas fulfills four of our deepest desires: for blessing, belonging, justice, and home.
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Longing for Blessing | Galatians 3:13-14, Ephesians 1:3
December 16th, 2024 | 29 mins 3 secs
advent, church, faith, home, longing
Why do we long for Christmas? Why do we look forward to the holiday, every year? We have turned the season into a celebration of family and togetherness, of gifts and nostalgia, of anxiety and family conflict. But the reality of Christmas goes much deeper, because our longing for Christmas is really our longing for someone to bring us home, to tell us we belong, to speak blessing over us, and to make things right. This year’s Advent series shows us how Christmas fulfills four of our deepest desires: for blessing, belonging, justice, and home.
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Belonging | Hosea 1:6-9, 1 Peter 2:9-10
December 9th, 2024 | 30 mins 38 secs
advent, church, faith, home, longing
Why do we long for Christmas? Why do we look forward to the holiday, every year? We have turned the season into a celebration of family and togetherness, of gifts and nostalgia, of anxiety and family conflict. But the reality of Christmas goes much deeper, because our longing for Christmas is really our longing for someone to bring us home, to tell us we belong, to speak blessing over us, and to make things right. This year’s Advent series shows us how Christmas fulfills four of our deepest desires: for blessing, belonging, justice, and home.
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Home | Isaiah 55:1-9
December 2nd, 2024 | 30 mins 19 secs
advent, church, faith, home, longing
Why do we long for Christmas? Why do we look forward to the holiday, every year? We have turned the season into a celebration of family and togetherness, of gifts and nostalgia, of anxiety and family conflict. But the reality of Christmas goes much deeper, because our longing for Christmas is really our longing for someone to bring us home, to tell us we belong, to speak blessing over us, and to make things right. This year’s Advent series shows us how Christmas fulfills four of our deepest desires: for blessing, belonging, justice, and home.
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Why Celebrate?
December 25th, 2023 | 31 mins 37 secs
advent, christmas, theological, theology, why
Whether we believe in Jesus or not, almost everyone we know celebrates Christmas. But why do we celebrate? What’s it about? This year we’re going to take a more theological dive into what Christmas is about and why we need it. We’ll look at some of the big questions – Why do we even need Christmas? What’s the point? Why the incarnation? Why a virgin birth? And how does this lead us to celebration and worship?
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Why the Virgin Birth?
December 18th, 2023 | 33 mins 4 secs
advent, christmas, theological, theology, why
Whether we believe in Jesus or not, almost everyone we know celebrates Christmas. But why do we celebrate? What’s it about? This year we’re going to take a more theological dive into what Christmas is about and why we need it. We’ll look at some of the big questions – Why do we even need Christmas? What’s the point? Why the incarnation? Why a virgin birth? And how does this lead us to celebration and worship?