The Psalms & Christmas
by Rev. Charles G. Dennison
Three Advent sermons by Rev. Charles G. Dennison, former pastor of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, PA, reading Psalms 8, 40, and 72 as Christmas psalms, alongside Luke 2, Hebrews 10, and the gifts of the magi in Matthew 2. Preached December 1996 and drawn from the Dennison Sermon Library archive.
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Gifts for the King
Matthew 2:11 is profound, and it interprets Psalm 72, which readers have misread in two ways. The psalm is Messianic, and the magi's gifts fulfill its picture of kings bringing tribute. Christ's coming and reign carry a hidden glory, and his humility compels ours.
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I Waited Patiently
Psalm 40 is a psalm of waiting, and its mood shifts as it moves between the already and the not yet. It carries us beyond the personal side of our spirituality. Hebrews 10 puts its words in Christ's mouth, 'Lo, I come,' and Christ now waits with us for the consummation.
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Out of the Mouth of Babes
Psalm 8 has aesthetic force, heights and depths, and ironic twists. The Psalter develops as a whole, and Psalms 3-8 carry night imagery that leads to the infant of 8:2. God's glory and works humble David, and they humble us.
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Three Advent sermons by Rev. Charles G. Dennison, former pastor of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, PA, reading Psalms 8, 40, and 72 as Christmas psalms, alongside Luke 2, Hebrews 10, and the gifts of the magi in Matthew 2. Preached December 1996 and drawn from the Dennison Sermon Library archive.
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