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Podcast: Sermons - First Evangelical Lutheran Church | El Cajon, CA (LCMS)
Episode: For Unto Us a Child Is Born: What Isaiah 9 Really Says About Jesus
Description: Christmas is full of traditions, songs, and familiar images—but Isaiah 9 forces us to look deeper.In this Christmas Eve sermon, Pastor James Huenink walks through Isaiah’s famous titles for the promised child: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. These are not poetic exaggerations or sentimental slogans. Each title reveals a king unlike any other—a God who comes in humility, fights by entering death itself, reigns forever, and brings real peace through forgiveness.This sermon explores why Jesus was rejected, why His power looks weak to the world, and why His pe...