Bethel Presbyterian, Leesburg, VA

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Current Sermon Series: John

We are currently worshiping God through the preaching and consideration of the Gospel of John. John's Gospel is distinct among the four. Matthew, Mark and Luke are called the Synoptic (literally "same view") Gospels because they are very similar in progression. But John's Gospel is unique.

Instead of reporting the interaction of Jesus with the crowds as they Synoptics do, John prefers to focus on individual and intimate interactions. Whereas Matthew and Luke begin with Jesus' nativity and childhood, and Luke with the start of his public ministry, John begins with the pre-existing and pre-incarnate Word of God who became flesh. John takes the epic themes of Genesis such as the struggle between light and darkness as prologue to his own writing.

Written near the end of his life in AD 85-90, John's Gospel is no dispassionate recounting of mere historical facts. He tells us the purpose of his Gospel: " . . . so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31).

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Nov272011

Don't Be Generous, Be Thankful

November 27, 2011

We are only ever really truly thankful for what we have not earned and believe we do not deserve. No one is truly thankful for getting what they believe they have coming to them. Strange as it may sound at first, thankfulness and generosity cannot coexist. When we are "generous" we see ourselves giving sacrificially from our store. But when we are really thankful, we recognize that we give only what we don't actually own, and no one could really count himself generous who gives the wealth of another.

1 Chronicles 29:10-18

Rev. Chip Hammond

Don't Be Generous, Be Thankful

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