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No Room For Jesus Series
Contributed by Joel Bernardino on Dec 6, 2025
What’s your greatest regret in life? • Maybe you regret not finishing college. • Or that you didn’t take the opportunity to start the business you’ve always dreamed of. • Or that you didn’t take the chance to say "yes" to the person pursuing you.
NO ROOM FOR JESUS Pastor Joel Bernardino – December 6, 2025 What’s your greatest regret in life? • Maybe you regret not finishing college. • Or that you didn’t take the opportunity to start the business you’ve always dreamed of. • Or that you didn’t take the chance to say "yes" to the ...read more
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Christmas - If Christmas Comes
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Dec 21, 2000
For millions of people Christmas never really comes. Oh, I'm not saying that Dec. 25th doesn't come. It comes, but Christmas doesn't really come into their hearts & their lives.
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (REVISED: 2016) TEXT: Galatians 4:19 Well, the calendar says that Christmas will soon be here. I get a little uptight this time of the year because I realize the responsibility that is mine in presenting the Christmas ...read more
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Christmas - The Cries Of Christmas
Contributed by Melvin Newland on Oct 10, 2001
It’s Christmas time, & all kinds of sounds remind us of that - bells ringing, choirs singing, & music filling the air. But in the midst of all the joyous sounds there are other sounds - sounds of anguish & grief.
MELVIN M. NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK (Revised: 2021) THE CRIES OF CHRISTMAS or DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR? TEXT: Matthew 2:13 18 PP #194BW A. This month has been filled with the sounds of Christmas - bells ringing, choirs singing, & ...read more
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God's Gift To Us: A Christmas Message Series
Contributed by Scott Maze on Dec 22, 2021
No one lobbied Him as you would a senator. No one petitioned Him, as might your boss or your teacher. And no one solicited Him to do this as you might barter with someone in the marketplace. None of that was necessary for God, for the Father willingly offered up His one and only Son as a gift.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours! It’s at Christmastime that we give gifts, and we receive gifts. This is why retailers are so happy with Christmas in a way they’re not happy with the Fourth of July, for example or Easter. At the other holidays, we don’t give gifts like we do at Christmas. ...read more
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The Same God Will Do It Again
Contributed by Dr. Jwt Spies on Nov 22, 2025
If God did it before, He can do it again
As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things. Church, there is one truth the enemy cannot erase, one testimony hell cannot silence, it is this: The God who brought you out before, will bring you out again. The same God who carried you through the last ...read more
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Advent - Jesus Is Peace
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Rediscover the essence of true peace - one that doesn’t depend on perfect circumstances but on the nearness of Christ Himself. Help your church slow down and encounter the Prince of Peace who calms the storms within every heart.
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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
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