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Podcast: Sermon Central
Episode: Fear Doesn't Stop Us
Description: Today, we come to the end of our series, “What Do You Fear?” that has led us through Advent and beyond. And we come to the end of the story of Jesus’ birth.
It’s the end of the story, and yet Herod is still in power.
Christ is born, yet it feels as if the world has not changed.
The Gospel of Matthew doesn’t give us a tidy ending—the magi leave quietly, warned by God to go home by another way. And when Herod discovers he’s been outwitted by them, his fury turns into devastating violence.
It’s yet anoth...