Sermon

Hope for the Marginalized: God’s Inclusive Promise in Luke 2

Luke 2

December 18, 2008 | Mark Bates

Mark Bates reflects on Luke 2, emphasizing that the birth of Jesus brings hope and belonging to those who feel marginalized and overlooked. He explores how God’s promise of salvation through Christ is inclusive, offering grace and redemption to all, especially the outcasts and downtrodden.

Mark Bates is senior pastor of Village Seven Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Before moving to Colorado in 2007, he was pastor of University Presbyterian Church in Orlando, which he and his wife, Tricia, planted in 1991. They have three daughters.