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Boiling Down Joy

Podcast Date: Dec 11, 2022

January 19, 2023

December 11, 2022

Boiling Down Joy

Teacher: Pastor Chris Alford
Series: Sunday Teaching
Passage: Philippians 4:4-6; Psalm 16; Luke 1:46-55
Service Type: Advent

It's the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday-- the Sunday of joy. Why are we rejoicing? And what in the world is there to be joyful about? In this sermon, Pastor Chris sets out to "boil down" joy. Want a short description for how to have it? Join us! Along the way we listened to J.S. Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, too a brief look at Psalm 16, and finally landed on the Magnificat of Mary.

Topics: Advent, Gaudete, George MacDonald, Jesus Joy, joy, Magnificat, rejoice
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