In addition to the New International Version of the Bible (Biblica, 2011), the following resources were used to help write this sermon: Faith J. Conklin, Making Room for God: God Rest You Merry, First United Methodist Church of Escondido (CA); John Ortberg, Light Into Darkness, Menlo Park (CA) Presbyterian Church, 12-2/3-06; Edward J. Young, The Book of Isaiah, Volume 1, pp. 324-25; Edward J. Young, The Book of Isaiah, Volume 2, pp. 189-90, 198-99; Edward J. Young, The Book of Isaiah, Volume 3, pp. 155-58.