TOPIC INDEXIncarnation (12)

  1. God In the Womb

    book
    12/10/23
    27 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The Magnificat invites us to enter into, consider, and embrace the worldview of a teenaged Jewish girl and her geriatric aunt: The one bearing the prophet Elijah which was to come and the other carrying within her womb the God whom she and her nation worshipped and feared.

  2. Resurrection Life for Resurrection People Part 4: Resurrection Mysteries

    book
    08/07/23
    23 mins
    By John Bombaro
    God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.

  3. The Giving of the Perfect Gift

    book
    12/30/22
    23 mins
    By John Bombaro
    There is an association, almost a one-to-one correspondence, between the gift and the nature of the giving.

  4. Unavoidable Jesus: Good News on Christmas Eve

    book
    12/24/22
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.

  5. Christmas and the Theology of Gift

    book
    12/29/21
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Love turns out to be not simply a thing or action, but a characteristic of God himself.

  6. Advent Three Times Over

    book
    12/17/21
    9 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The Advents of Christ (past, present, and future) elicit faith in the word of Christ, confirmed by his presence.

  7. Advent's Double Helix

    book
    12/01/21
    6 mins
    By John Bombaro
    There is no other transitionary event in human history that warrants three full months of focused attention and persistent acknowledgment than the incarnation of the Son of God.

  8. Christmas Special: Jesus Renders the Ordinary Extraordinary

    book
    12/23/20
    21 mins
    By John Bombaro
    The incarnate Son of God makes ordinary events extraordinary by making them events that factor into our salvation.

  9. The Ascension is No Ugly Stepsister

    book
    05/21/20
    14 mins
    By John Bombaro
    In the middle of the spring, on a run-of-the-mill Thursday, the ascension interrupts the mundane to herald the extraordinary: Christ is in charge and is present on earth as he is in heaven, guiding history for the sake of his church.

  10. Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 (Palm Sunday: Series A)

    book
    03/30/20
    13 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Look to the crucifix. There you see God as God is, in Himself. You see God in action for you.

  11. Epistle: Galatians 4:4-7 (Christmas 1: Series A)

    book
    12/23/19
    19 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Christ busies Himself with accomplishing your salvation; race, age, sex, ability or even intelligence notwithstanding.

  12. Breaking Taboo: Mary and Advent Sermons

    book
    12/16/19
    18 mins
    By John Bombaro
    Preach the full council of God even as it focuses on the Virgin Mary who was the virginal handmaid of the Lord and through whom Immanuel, “God with us,” happens.