He Came Down

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “He Came Down” based on Luke 2:22-40 for the First Sunday of Christmastide on December 31, 2011.  Each week we profess "for us and for our salvation, He came down from heaven." Both physical presence and place continue to matter to us, but neither of them matter as much as they once did.  New technologies of information, communication, and mobility are clearly one of the sources of this cultural change. In contrast, the Incarnation, God becoming flesh and blood in the birth of Christ, tells us that physical presence and place matter decisively for God.