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Dr. Bradford Reaves
Contributing sermons since Jun 27, 2019
Newest Sermons
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The Glory Of God In Wisdom And Strength
Contributed on Dec 4, 2025
A Christmas Sunday Sermon
The Glory of God in Strength and Wisdom December 28, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Luke 2:33-40 On Christmas Eve, 1968, the world gathered around their televisions at one of the most turbulent times in American history. The Vietnam War raged. Cities burned from riots. ...read more
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The Light That Leads Us Home - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service
Contributed on Dec 3, 2025
There’s something about Christmas Eve that feels different from any other night of the year. Even as adults, we feel something stirring—something quiet, something gentle.
THE LIGHT THAT LEADS US HOME December 24, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship CANDLELIGHT SERVICE I. The Warm Glow We All Long For There’s something about Christmas Eve that feels different from any other night of the year. Even as adults, we feel something stirring—something ...read more
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The Glory Of God Revealed To The Nations
Contributed on Dec 2, 2025
The older I get, the more I realize that Christmas doesn’t always arrive in peaceful places. Sometimes it breaks into the darkest nights in the coldest corners of the world.
The Glory of Heaven Revealed to the Nations December 21, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Luke 2:21-32 When we think of Christmas, we picture warmth—lights, family, the glow of a tree, the smell of something good in the oven. My grandfather, who fought in the Pacific, used ...read more
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33. Joab Kills Abner: When Vengeance Hijacks Justice
Contributed on Dec 2, 2025
There are moments in Scripture when the storyline slows down, the camera zooms in, and God exposes the raw human heart—its wounds, its fears, its bitterness, its impulses, and its desperate attempts to seize control when God has called us to surrender.
Joab Kills Abner: When Vengeance Hijacks Justice November 5, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship 2 Samuel 3:22-39 INTRODUCTION: WHEN ANGER TAKES OVER There are moments in Scripture when the storyline slows down, the camera zooms in, and God exposes the raw human heart—its ...read more
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The Glory Of Heaven Revealed
Contributed on Nov 26, 2025
The treasure of heaven was right there in Bethlehem. The shepherds knew immediately what to do with that revelation. They didn’t analyze it, debate it, or delay it. Their hearts ignited, their spirits awakened, and their feet started moving.
The Glory of Heaven Revealed December 14, 2025 Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Luke 2:15-20 There’s an old story—one of those tales passed down through small towns and family circles—about a man who spent nearly his entire adult life searching for a treasure box. His grandfather ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Special Services
Contributed on Sep 3, 2025
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1 & 2 Samuel
Contributed on Aug 27, 2025
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Spiritual Warfare And The Believer
Contributed on Sep 27, 2024
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The Parables Of Jesus
Contributed on Feb 2, 2024
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Prophecy Conference Sermons
Contributed on Dec 13, 2023
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The Warsaw Children’s Choir (1946)
Contributed on Dec 4, 2025
The Warsaw Children’s Choir (1946) Now we shift scenes again. It was Christmas Eve, 1946. World War II had ended, but the city of Warsaw lay in ruins—bombed-out buildings, shattered streets, burned timbers. The Philharmonic gathered a children’s choir made up almost entirely of orphans—children who ...read more
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The Ice Storm Train (1917)
Contributed on Dec 4, 2025
In December 1917, a massive ice storm paralyzed New England. A passenger train froze on the tracks outside Hartford, leaving hundreds stranded in subzero temperatures. The passengers had no food, no heat, and no way home on Christmas Eve. Then something remarkable happened. Families living along ...read more
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"In The Beginning…” From 240,000 Miles Away (Apollo 8, 1968)
Contributed on Dec 4, 2025
On Christmas Eve, 1968, the world gathered around their televisions at one of the most turbulent times in American history. The Vietnam War raged. Cities burned from riots. Hearts were heavy with fear and division. But on that night, three astronauts—Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders—became ...read more
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Dying For Treasure
Contributed on Aug 11, 2023
Have you ever heard about a man named Forrest Fenn? Forrest Fenn was a pilot in the US Air Force, earning the rank of Major and awarded the Silver Star for his sermon in Vietnam, which flew 328 combat missions within a year. After his service to his country, he ran an art gallery where he made his ...read more
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Cipa (Congenital Insensitivity To Pain With Anhydrosis)
Contributed on Mar 10, 2022
Not far from my home lives a young woman who was born with a very rare disease called CIPA, congenital insensitivity to pain with anhydrosis. Imagine having a body that looks normal and acts normally, except for one thing: You cannot feel physical pain. That sounds as if it would be a blessing. But ...read more