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Christmas Eve Parable Series
Contributed by Bradley Boydston on Dec 8, 2001 (message contributor)
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1. Blue Angel
Contributed on Dec 8, 2001
Christmas Eve parable/sermon about an angel in waiting.
Now, you may think that angels never get the blues. It’s not true, of course. Kadel was feeling pretty glum about being the only one left in Angel Hall...You know, the place where the angels go to wait for their assignments. Actually, Kadel’s shift started out with great excitement. As soon ...read more
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2. Carl, Sven, And The Angels
Contributed on Dec 8, 2001
Christmas Eve parable/sermon about two Nordic shepherds and their Holy Land encounter with angels.
"Sven did you yust see what I think I yust saw?" "I don’t know Carl--what do you think it is that you yust saw--because I think I yust saw what you think you yust saw?" "Angels, Sven, angels--one angel and then a whole bunch of angels--singing some strange religious song and talking about ...read more
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3. Holy Day Inn Keeper
Contributed on Dec 8, 2001
Christmas Eve parable/sermon featuring the first ever Christmas letter written by an ancient inn keeper, and recently rediscovered in the Stockholm University Library archives.
"She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because there was no room in the village inn." (Luke 2:7, NLT)" Over the years various traditions have developed around the innkeeper and we’ve imagined quite a bit about him. Often we’ve thought of him as a ...read more
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4. Angelic Spin
Contributed on Dec 8, 2001
Christmas Eve parable/sermon that focuses on the activities in the Heavenly Ministry of Information on the night of the incarnation.
The angels filled their brown stained coffee mugs one last time before moving into the conference room at the Heavenly Ministry of Information. Everyone was seated and they were chattering away as Elenton the Minister of Information took his seat at the end of the table. He shuffled a few pieces ...read more
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5. Aftermath
Contributed on Dec 8, 2001
Whatever happened to those shepherds after "they went back to their fields and flocks?"
"The shepherds went back to their fields and flocks..." Luke 2:20 Have you ever wondered what became of those shepherds? The Bible doesn’t give a whole lot more information about them. Well, it does say, they went glorifying and praising God. And I suppose any detail beyond that is somewhat ...read more
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6. Devilish Defcon 1 (Damnation On Notice)
Contributed on Dec 8, 2001
Christmas Eve parable/sermon detailing the activities in the Devil’s war room on the night of the divine invasion.
"Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others--the armies of heaven--praising God: "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and peace on earth to all whom God favors." Luke 2:13-14 (NLT) All the lights and sirens in the war room suddenly came alive. The status sign, which usually reads ...read more
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7. "Christmas: Unfulfilled Expectations?"
Contributed on Dec 24, 2001
Christmas Eve parable/sermon about a Bethlehem seamstress.
“She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn.” Luke 2:7 When it came to clothe Rachel was a way better than average weaver; and everyone in town knew it. She was ...read more