From Darkness to Light: The Power of Hope An Advent Sermon on Romans 13:12-14, Year A, EUMC & BCUMC November 30, 2025 Introduction We gather this morning in the season of Advent, a season marked by waiting, by longing, by hope. The very word “Advent” means “coming”—we await the coming of Christ, both his historical birth in Bethlehem and his promised return in glory. But Advent is also about something happening right now, in this very moment, in our very hearts. Think about the experience of waking up in the morning. You’ve been asleep, lost in dreams, unaware of the world around you. Then the alarm sounds, or light begins to filter through your window, and you face a choice: Will you hit the snooze button and retreat back into the comfortable darkness? Or will you rise, shake off sleep, and step into the light of a new day? This is the choice Paul presents to the church in Rome, and it’s the choice God presents to each of us today. Listen to his urgent words from Roman...
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