Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 31, 2008
based on 1 rating
| 1,434 views
As Clayton J. Schmit put it in his commentary on our text, “The moment of birth is one of unspeakable joy. Yet, if parents stopped to count the cost of taking a child home (which, fortunately, they never do) they might be tempted to turn the gift down.
The cost of baby food and diapers, sleepless
...read more
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007
based on 3 ratings
| 1,243 views
"Christmas is less than what it can be and less than what it was intended to be where gifts are given grudgingly, and
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 15, 2007
I visited a couple one time in their home who complained about a niece who got married. All the invitations were sent out and everything was in order but they never received a thank you card for the gift they sent. They were very upset. I asked them if it was a gift they sent. They said yes.
...read more
Denomination:
Lutheran
a. Swindoll reminds us all, “We’re free today because, in June 1944, during the three month battle of Normandy, nearly fifty-three thousand “nobodies” paid the ultimate price to defeat Nazi tyranny…Visitors to the patch of land near Colleville-sur Mer, France,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Michael Walther on Aug 29, 2011
KABASH
Micah 7:19 He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
I love the Hebrew word for "subdue." You may have actually heard it before. It is the word "kabash." Looking ahead to Jesus,
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Lutheran
N. T. Wright is the bishop of Durham and a New Testament scholar without equal in my judgment. Bishop Wright describes the kingdom as God’s “ultimate future and urgent present.” What does he mean?
He means what so many others mean when they say the kingdom is both now and not yet. There is a
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Presbyterian/Reformed
Contributed by Mark Nichols on Mar 12, 2008
SPIDER MAN 2: The Spiderman trilogy has quickly become one of my favorite series of movies. Spiderman 2 is probably the most interesting plot out of the three of them. Here is what it is about:
Peter Parker’s having a rough time. His double life as the super hero Spider-Man is having a
...read more
Denomination:
Christian/Church Of Christ
Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Nov 21, 2007
The notorious can of Spam that gets passed along at our annual Christmas White Elephant Gift Exchange Party more than likely won’t be detectable as a can of spam in how it’s wrapped. Otherwise, no one would pick it as the gift they choose to open or barter with. It’s the same with many gifts.
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
based on 14 ratings
| 2,404 views
A woman missionary in the South Pacific Islands was explaining to a group of children the custom and significance of giving gifts at Christmas. "Giving gifts," she said, "expresses love and reminds us of the perfect gift of love we received from God: Jesus."
Later that week, a young native
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Contributed by Don Hutto on Jan 27, 2001
based on 134 ratings
| 5,305 views
Years ago, my youngest daughter, Marilyn, and I went shopping for Connie. It’s hard. You wives, it’s hard for a man to shop for his wife because we don’t know what you want, and we don’t want to get that for you, anyway.
But Marilyn and I thought we had found the perfect gift: a nightgown. You can
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Baptist
Contributed by Peter Amerman on May 25, 2005
based on 3 ratings
| 2,080 views
One other comment I would like to make about Miriam’s leadership. I believe that we as a church need to affirm and draw out the gifts of leadership in more of the women in our church. God commended the leadership of Moses and Aaron together with the leadership of Miriam. In contrast with other
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Dec 13, 2002
based on 21 ratings
| 3,689 views
Have you heard the classic short story by O’Henry, "The Gift of the Magi?"
The story is about a young married couple who are very much in love. Christmas is approaching and neither one has enough money to buy the other a Christmas gift. Each one does have one prized possession that they hold dear
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 17, 2006
based on 2 ratings
| 1,829 views
In his brilliant new book, Catching the Light, quantum physicist Arthur Zojanc writes of what he describes as the "entwined history of light and mind" (correctly described by one admirer as the "two ultimate metaphors of the human spirit"). For our purposes, his initial chapter is most helpful.
...read more
Tags:
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 2, 2005
"When Spain led the world (in the 15th century), their coins reflected their national arrogance and were inscribed Ne Plus Ultra which meant "Nothing Further" - meaning that Spain was the ultimate in all the world. After the discovery of the New World, they realized that they were not the "end of
...read more
Tags:
Denomination:
Independent/Bible
Sermon Central