The Village Church Advent 2025 - The Spirit Who Forms Us and Gifts Us
In this episode of the Village Sermon Series on Advent 2025, Eric continues with Week 2 by focusing on the Holy Spirit who forms us and equips us for Kingdom life. He reminds us that Advent begins with the Spirit overshadowing Mary, the moment when Jesus was conceived. From there, he traces how Advent speaks of arrival and coming, and how we now live between Jesus’ first breath in Bethlehem and His return. Eric invites us to look ahead with hope, trusting the Spirit who empowers us to walk in the works of Jesus as we wait.
The Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renewed vision and purpose.
Week by week, the pastors and leaders explore the deep rhythms of Christian discipleship—prayer, fasting, generosity—not as isolated duties but as part of a larger, richer, and more beautiful whole. They unpack these ancient practices in light of Jesus himself, the one in whom heaven and earth have come together. But they also turn their attention to the realities of everyday life—relationships, finances, the struggles and joys of being human—demonstrating how the gospel is not merely about what we believe but about how we live as God's renewed people in the present age.
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