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Advent 2025: O Holy Night l | Josh Jewell-Horton

Advent 2025: O Holy Night l | Josh Jewell-Horton

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In this fourth Sunday of Advent sermon, Josh Jewell-Horton explores how the hymn "O Holy Night" reveals the radical nature of Christ's birth—not as a rival to earthly empires, but as God's answer to injustice through vulnerable, incarnate love.

CHAPTERS[00:00] - Introduction[02:24] - O Holy Night's History[04:13] - First Radio Transmission[05:14] - Caesar Augustus and Empire[08:25] - The Son of God[09:28] - Living Under Empire[11:44] - The Shepherds' Hope[14:03] - Not a Rival King[15:40] - Born in Humility[16:56] - Emmanuel: God With Us[19:21] - Hesed: God's Enduring Love[20:28] - Love Defeats Empire[23:26] - Finding Beauty in Small Things[25:23] - Advent in Bethlehem Today[27:15] - Closing Prayer

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