Advent Sermon Series Announced
Advent is the four-Sunday-long period of preparation for Christmas. This year, as we prepare to celebrate the feast of the Nativity of Jesus, Pastor Quinlan will lead the congregation through a fresh interpretation of the Christmas narratives, asking, “What is the meaning of these stories?” The sermons will be based upon the classic biblical texts, and will draw on the work of acclaimed Jesus Seminar scholars, Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan. Professors Borg and Crossan “explore the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the sentimentalism that has built up over the last two thousand years around this most well known of all stories to reveal what the gospels actually say.” (from the book, The First Christmas, What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus’ Birth)
The link to the Westar Institute is helpful and the book may be of interest to some in preparation for the Advent sermon series.