This coming Lord’s Day, December 5 [2010], we will start a mini-series on the Scripture Songs of Christmas. I have included two from the Psalter, two from Luke’s Gospel, and one from Isaiah (which is really a poem, not a song). Three canticles (from Latin canticulum, “song”) are found in Luke, but I have previously preached on one of them last season: Mary’s Song, Magnificat.
You’re warmly invited to join us as we commemorate the birth of Jesus—the One who saves his people from sin—in song, Word and Sacrament, and prayer.
UPDATE: In 2011, our Advent series comes from Anselm’s Cur Deus Homo, “Why the God-Man?” Click here for details.
The Scripture Songs of Christmas
| Date | Song | Sermon | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/21/08 | Mary’s Song Magnificat “My Soul Does Magnify the Lord” |
God Reverses the Standing of His People | Luke 1:46-55; Readings:Â 1 Sam 1:1-20; 2:1-11; Luke 1:39-56 |
| 12/05/10 | Zechariah’s Song Benedictus |
The Lord Visits His Covenant People | Luke 1:67-79; OT: Isa 9:1-7;Â NT: Luke 1:57-80; John 1:1-16 |
| 12/12/10 | The Shepherds’ Song “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks” |
The Glory of the Lord Revealed | Isaiah 40:5; Luke 2:13-14; John 1:14; Readings: Isa 40:1-18; Luke 2:8-20 |
| 12/19/10 | Song of Israel “O Come, O Come, Immanuel” |
“She Gave Birth to A Male Child” Whom the Dragon Wanted to Devour | Revelation 12:1-17; Readings:Â Psa 2:1-12, 105:42-45; Matt 2:1-12 |
| 12/23/10 | Christmas Eve of Scriptures and Songs | A Ruler and Shepherd Born in Bethlehem | Micah 5:2-5; Readings: Psa 23:1-6; Matt 2:1-11 |
| 12/26/10 | Simeon’s Song Nunc Dimittis |
The Benefits of Waiting for the Comforter | Luke 2:29-32; Readings: Isa 42:6; 49:6; Luke 2:22-35) |
| 01/02/11 | “The Seasons are Fixed by Wisdom Divine” | “God Made Everything Beautiful in Its Time” | Ecclesiastes 3:1-15; NT: Eph 1:3-10 |