Drawing on Matthew’s account of the Christ’s birth, Pastor Ron highlights Joseph’s turmoil over Mary’s pregnancy, God’s intervention in a dream, and Joseph’s obedient, tradition-breaking role in naming Jesus. Conflict and turmoil often precede miracles and that God meets us within the tension in our lives.
Beyond the Tension of Advent
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Topics
- Advent 4
- Anxiety & Worry 2
- Atonement 1
- Baptism 2
- Calling 3
- Change and Transition 4
- Children 1
- Climate Change 1
- Compassion 5
- Conflict 3
- Creation 2
- Discernment 4
- Earth Care 1
- Easter 3
- Equity 1
- Failure 1
- Faith 36
- Family 4
- Forgiveness 4
- Gender 8
- Gender Identify 1
- Giving 3
- Grace 9
- Grief 6
- Healing 6
- HIV/AIDS 2
- Hope 11
- Inclusion 4
- Joy 1
- Justice 5
- Lament 1
- Languages 1
- Leadership 13
- LGBTQ 4
- Love 11
- Marriage 1
- Miracles 2
- Morality 5
- Motherhood 1
- Music 1
- Nation 4
- Ordination 1
- Outreach 2
- Pandemic 1
- Peacemaking 2
- Police Reform 1
- Politics 4
- Prayer 2
- Racial Justice 7
- Reflections 7
- Relationships 10
- Repentance 1
- Resurrection 4
- sacrifice 1
- Salvation 1
- Satan 1
- Sickness 2
- Sin 5
- Social Justice 31
- Spiritual Growth 79
- Stewardship 5
- Temptation 1
- Thanksgiving 1
- The Bible 1
- The Gospel 12
- Transfiguration 1
- Transgender 1
- Violence 4
- Welcome 9
- Women 5
- Worship 10
- Series
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Books
- Genesis 9
- Exodus 6
- Deuteronomy 3
- Judges 1
- Ruth 2
- 1 Samuel 3
- 2 Samuel 1
- 2 Kings 1
- Ezra 2
- Nehemiah 2
- Esther 3
- Psalms 5
- Proverbs 2
- Isaiah 3
- Jeremiah 1
- Lamentations 1
- Ezekiel 1
- Daniel 1
- Amos 1
- Habakkuk 1
- Matthew 11
- Mark 8
- Luke 14
- John 12
- Acts 5
- Romans 2
- Galatians 2
- Ephesians 1
- Philippians 2
- 1 Thessalonians 5
- 1 Timothy 1
- James 3
- Revelation 1
- I Kings 4
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Speakers
- Adam Allen 1
- Akilah Atkinson 2
- Billy Kluttz 9
- Carolyn Anewich 1
- Chaplain Annie Owens 3
- Keith Snipes 1
- Lea Gilmore 2
- Minister Lea Gilmore 18
- Rev. Billy Kluttz 24
- Rev. David Harris 3
- Rev. David Willerup 1
- Rev. Dr. Anita Hendrix 3
- Rev. Dr. Ron Hankins 44
- Rev. Jody Morris 1
- Rev. Laura Ingersol 1
- Rev. Michael Lynn Moore 1
- Rev. Shannon Weston 15
- Rev. Tom Harris 58
- Susan Saunders 1
- Tom Harris 8
- Wendy Smith 1
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Months
- January 2026 2
- December 2025 2
- November 2025 5
- October 2025 3
- September 2025 3
- August 2025 5
- July 2025 2
- June 2025 3
- May 2025 3
- April 2025 4
- March 2025 5
- February 2025 4