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Living without Fear | Luke 2:8-20

RUF at the University of Tennessee

English - November 09, 2021 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 78 ratings
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This semester we’re going through a sermon series entitled,  “Living In God’s Story As We Live In This World.”  As you go through life, it’s easy to forget who you are and what story you’re a part of. Alasdyre McIntyre reminds us that before we ask, “What do I have to do today?” we must first ask ourselves, “What story am I a part of?” The story you’re living in informs the choices you make in the world. 

The claim of the semester is this: if the story of Jesus is true, then His story completely changes how we live in this world. For we are not only a character in God’s story (because God’s story of redemption is still happening right now!), we are also a carrier of God’s story. We are called to carry God’s story of love and redemption into the world because we are also a character in the story who needed to be loved and redeemed too.

So every week we ask ourselves, “How does this biblical passage teach us how to live in God’s Story as we live in the world?”

We will finish our semester series by looking at 4 stories surrounding the birth of Christ. This week we discuss the well-known passage of Jesus’ birth. We will see the reality of why we are so afraid, the revelation of joy in the midst of our fear, and the response to dream again and slow down when we find ourselves living in fear.

TEXT: Luke 2:8-20