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after the flame baptism you're fearless An alternate sermon for Advent 1 from Daniel 3 Today begins Advent already. Did you know that? Are you ready for it??? And it’s pretty bad when you aren’t even ready to get ready … But, as the rest of the world is gearing up for another packed holiday season; we in the church are getting ready for the end of the world… No stories of chestnuts roasting over an open fire. No, instead a piece of scripture about an overheated furnace and three martyrs… …Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had did what Jeremiah told exiles to do. Remember? Settle in.   And they did, they got jobs. Took out mortgages. Got married. Had kids. And, by all accounts, they had done pretty well for themselves. They landed jobs at the foreign government. The climbed the ladder to positions of relative authority, even… But, for all their efforts, all it took was one rash decision by their pagan king, to bring it all crashing down. King Nebuc...

he shall bring salvation to israel A sermon for the First Sunday of Advent, from the third chapter Daniel's scroll Today begins Advent . Before you got here today did you know that? Are you ready for Advent??? Of course, we’re not ready… For one thing, it’s too warm outside. It’s too green to really get you in the spirit of Advent.   But the real reason we’re not ready for Advent is, there’s just plain t oo much to do.   We just got through Thanksgiving and Black-Friday, didn’t we? And now, it’s going to take every second we have to be ready for Christmas! We don’t have time for Advent, it doesn’t fit! No, we’re not ready for it, are we? And that’s how it was for Shadrach, Mesach and Abednego, too. You know… They had done what Jeremiah told exiles to do. Remember? Settle in.   They did that! They got jobs. Took out mortgages. Got married. Had kids. And, by all accounts, they had done pretty well for themselves!   They landed go...