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Missing The Big Story  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 5, 2009

Missing the Big Story On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight of an airplane at Kitty Hawk NC. The flight lasted 59 seconds and travelled 850 ft. Wilbur rushed to the local telegraph office and sent the following message home -- WE HAVE FLOWN FOR 59 SECONDS - WE ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:10-14

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A Friend Found Socrates Eyeing Merchandise In The ...

Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009

A friend found Socrates eyeing merchandise in the marketplace. The friend asked why he was looking, since he never bought anything. Socrates said: "Because I am always amazed to see how many things there are that I don't need." At Christmas, Christians need to develop a new discipline. As our ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

Abound, Then Rebound

Contributed by Danny Presswood on Jan 26, 2009

ABOUND, THEN REBOUND Abundant Love must REBOUND. Rebounding, as every good basketball team knows, is the cutting edge between defense and offense. Whichever team rebounds most successfully becomes the team in control of the ball. The team that rebounds becomes the offense, goes on the move and ...read more

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Denomination: Baptist

Perfect Gifts

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

PERFECT GIFTS Everyone loves to receive gifts at Christmas time. And I am sure that as Christmas approaches, we are wondering what lies behind those wrapped presents. I remember as a child that these four weeks of advent were so difficult. I would go by that tree about 30 million times a day ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25

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Christ Was Love  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Feb 16, 2009

CHRIST WAS LOVE I read a story that I thought was a perfect illustration as to what the perfect gift looks like at Christmas. It centered on a school Christmas pageant. Of course there was nothing there to make it religious. Only snowmen, reindeer and the like. And so the kindergarten class was ...read more

Scripture: John 3:16

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Ii. Anthony Grew Up In An Italian Bakery In A ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

II. Anthony grew up in an Italian bakery in a mostly Italian neighborhood of New York. His father was the baker, and as long as Anthony could remember he was at work in his father’s business. The sights and sounds of the bakery permeated every aspect of Anthony’s life. The heat of the oven. The ...read more

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2) A Story Is Told About A School District That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

(2) A story is told about a School District that had banned using the name of "Christ" in any of their Christmas programs. Sort of ironic isn’t it that Christ couldn’t be mentioned along with Christmas. Though they could use the name "Christmas" they began calling the Holiday programs things like ...read more

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When I Was In The Uscg We Were Once Lost In Ny ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jun 18, 2007

When I was in the USCG we were once lost in NY harbor. Our compass had been removed for recalibration. Heavy fog had sucked in and all of NY harbor was down to about 100 feet of visibility. So there we were between Brooklyn and Staten Island, lost unable to navigate, unable to fulfill our purpose ...read more

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Why Is It That, Next To The Birthday Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this [Independence] day? Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday ...read more

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Dont Expect Too Much Of Christmas Day. You Can't ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Dont expect too much of Christmas Day. You can't crowd into it any arrears of unselfishness and kindliness that may ...read more

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The Earth Has Grown Old With Its Burden Of Care ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The earth has grown old with its burden of care But at Christmas it always is young, The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair And its soul full of ...read more

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There Has Been Only One Christmas (The Rest Are ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"There has been only one Christmas (the rest are anniversaries), ...read more

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We Shall Find Peace. We Shall Hear Angels, We ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky ...read more

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The Place That The Shepherds Found Was Not An ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The place that the shepherds found was not an academy or an abstract republic; it was not a place of myths allegorised or dissected or ...read more

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It Is Good To Be Children Sometimes, And Never ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its ...read more

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Some Businessmen Are Saying That This Could Be ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Some businessmen are saying that this could be the greatest Christmas ever. I ...read more

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How Many Observe Christs Birthday How Few, His ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"How many observe Christs birthday How few, his precepts O tis easier to keep ...read more

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Do Give Books - Religious Or Otherwise - For ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom ...read more

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In The Hustle And Bustle, Amidst The Trappings ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"In the hustle and bustle, amidst the trappings and the wrappings, it's good to pause and reflect on the reason for the Christmas season. As we rush to buy our gifts, let's remember what happened on that first Christmas morn. The trappings were a stable in Bethlehem, and the wrappings were ...read more

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May You Have Joy In The Mad Rush Of Preparation; ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

May you have joy in the mad rush of preparation; May you know peace in the tiny margins of time around the busy days; May you have star-shine in clear night skies for looking at; May you have silence now and then; ...read more

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