Sermons at St. Andrew’s
December 21, 2025 | The Rev. Andrew Van Kirk
Emmanuel: God-With-Us and
Us-With-God
God is not Alenuel (God-Against-Us), Tachteynuel (God-Under-Us), or "Menuel" (God-Away-From-Us), but Emmanuel (God-With-Us), with us in Christ through every aspect of existence from birth to death. Because He is fully "God-With-Us," He secures our eternal hope and identity as "Us-With-God."
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Curiosity Did Not Kill This Cat
Trust that Jesus is who he says he and that he is there to walk with you.
Perfectly Imperfect
The will of God might not be to get the biggest pile of things done but to be the most perfectly imperfect human being we can be.
