Journey Community Church La Mesa, California

Message Central Thought: In spite of incredibly evil forces at play in our world, Jesus overcomes evil. Message Summary: Powerful evil forces opposing God and trying to stop His work are at play in our world. This darkness has a face that is present at the time of the first Christmas in Bethlehem. But God is at work in an unstoppable way. He inserts Himself into the situation through a dream, instructing Joseph and Mary to flee with Jesus to a place far from Herod’s reach. Evil was overcome. Series Summary: Have you ever noticed how many Christmas movies, especially the kids ones, have something or someone trying to stop Christmas from coming? Of course there’s the Grinch, Scrooge, the Abominable Snowman, or the more nuanced materialism that threatens Charlie Brown’s Christmas. Christmas is God sending unspeakable goodness to us. Since even before the very first real Christmas, dark forces have threatened to try to prevent the Goodness from arriving. But God’s Goodness, like Christmas itself, is UNSTOPP